Free Association Thread 5

[Tio_Narratore]

Once you have enough, you wonder what to do with surplus. There's the obvious, ply it into political campaigns, or the less obvious and but more sound, use it for good.

Most use it to invest for more wealth accumulation. That's why "trickle-down economics" is a farce.

 

[nosebone]

Most use it to invest for more wealth accumulation. That's why "trickle-down economics" is a farce.

Trickle-down economics is akin to someone urinating on your leg and saying it was a rain storm.

 

[JKendallDane]

Trickle-down economics is akin to someone urinating on your leg and saying it was a rain storm.

When faced with the choice of turning on the spigot to let a little bit trickle down or making their vault bigger, most of those at the top will be calling an architect to do plans for an entire new wing.

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[nosebone]

When faced with the choice of turning on the spigot to let a little bit trickle down or making their vault bigger, most of those at the top will be calling an architect to do plans for an entire new wing.

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Agreed. Damn shitty state of affairs to be in for a generally peaceful sort of chap.

 

[SamScribble]

Agreed. Damn shitty state of affairs to be in for a generally peaceful sort of chap.

Blessed are the pacemakers

 

[Handley_Page]

Blessed are the pacemakers

A] They kept him going. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaNrWIIF-eI

B} For those who need one, they keep the whole thing ticking along nicely.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Blessed are the pacemakers

A] They kept him going. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaNrWIIF-eI

B} For those who need one, they keep the whole thing ticking along nicely.

And the way things have been going,

"Blessed are the pacemakers, for they shall inherit the earth."

 

[Handley_Page]

Sadly, the role of 'peacemaker' requires a large soldier of some sort armed to the teeth to ensure the peacemaker survives.

 

[JKendallDane]

Sadly, the role of 'peacemaker' requires a large soldier of some sort armed to the teeth to ensure the peacemaker survives.

I tend to always roll my eyes anytime I hear some cutesy term being used. Some of the really memorable ones include: Peacekeeping Mission, Police Action, Conflict, and Military Intervention.

Sorry, but if you are sending in troops and equipment, dropping bombs, engaging in combat, and shipping body bags home...it's called: WAR!

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[TarnishedPenny]

I tend to always roll my eyes anytime I hear some cutesy term being used. Some of the really memorable ones include: Peacekeeping Mission, Police Action, Conflict, and Military Intervention.

Sorry, but if you are sending in troops and equipment, dropping bombs, engaging in combat, and shipping body bags home...it's called: WAR!

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Well, I understand your feeling, but military and naval operations lie on a spectrum, as does almost everything else. Such terms, irritating and even misleading as they can be, can be useful in differentiating between points on that line.

Paradoxically, in a sense, I suspect the very term 'war' is obsolete. When was the last time a nation on this sad planet actually declared war on another? It just doesn't happen anymore - not that that makes it any easier on the participants or their widows and orphans.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Well, I understand your feeling, but military and naval operations lie on a spectrum, as does almost everything else. Such terms, irritating and even misleading as they can be, can be useful in differentiating between points on that line.

Paradoxically, in a sense, I suspect the very term 'war' is obsolete. When was the last time a nation on this sad planet actually declared war on another? It just doesn't happen anymore - not that that makes it any easier on the participants or their widows and orphans.

Not so much obsolete as replaced by euphemisms in the continued expansion of "duck-speak." It is not a "police action," "surgical strike," "preemptive action," or any such term; it is war.

 

[Handley_Page]

Not so much obsolete as replaced by euphemisms in the continued expansion of "duck-speak." It is not a "police action," "surgical strike," "preemptive action," or any such term; it is war.

I think it needs for one nation /tribe/ group to say to another nation /tribe/ group something along the lines of "You must not step over that line; if you do, a state of War will exist between us."

Everything else is a minor problem.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

I think it needs for one nation /tribe/ group to say to another nation /tribe/ group something along the lines of "You must not step over that line; if you do, a state of War will exist between us."

Everything else is a minor problem.

Tell that to the ones who die or are maimed in those "minor problems."

 

[Handley_Page]

Tell that to the ones who die or are maimed in those "minor problems."

How very true

 

[JKendallDane]

Tell that to the ones who die or are maimed in those "minor problems."

How very true

The price of war should always be first measured in gallons of blood, not bomb tonnage.

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[Tio_Narratore]

The price of war should always be first measured in gallons of blood, not bomb tonnage.

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At least some have said I Ain't Marching Anymore (RIP Phil)

 

[JKendallDane]

At least some have said I Ain't Marching Anymore (RIP Phil)

"What if they gave a war and nobody came?"

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[Handley_Page]

"What if they gave a war and nobody came?"

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There would likely be several charges of Mutiny and so forth, for a 'modern' army. Earlier it was a bit easier, o' course.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

There would likely be several charges of Mutiny and so forth, for a 'modern' army. Earlier it was a bit easier, o' course.

What if they held courts-martial and nobody came?

 

[Handley_Page]

What if they held courts-martial and nobody came?

What an interesting thought.

 

[JKendallDane]

What an interesting thought.

I would think not accepting an invitation to a court-martial would really upset the "hosts."

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[SamScribble]

I would think not accepting an invitation to a court-martial would really upset the "hosts."

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It's their own fault. They shouldn't cut corners on the catering.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

It's their own fault. They shouldn't cut corners on the catering.

Yes. it can be difficult:

Finger Foods Beware: Proper Fare For a Sex Party

 

[Handley_Page]

Yes. it can be difficult:

Finger Foods Beware: Proper Fare For a Sex Party

That's not good for my connection, for some strange reason.

 

[JKendallDane]

Yes. it can be difficult:

Finger Foods Beware: Proper Fare For a Sex Party

I was kind of surprised at the recommendation of cupcakes. I would think most people would be leery of eating anything with icing at a sex party.

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