Peace - Page 2

Shawnee123 · 09-25-2009, 01:09 PM

No, you didn't.

henry quirk · 09-25-2009, 01:11 PM

HA!

Spexxvet · 09-25-2009, 01:13 PM

Would you take UG, classicman, merc, radar, and tw? That'll give us some peace around here.

JUST KIDDING!

TGRR · 09-25-2009, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by henry quirk

What's the acceptable price for peace?

Please, interpret 'peace', 'acceptable', and 'price' as you like.

Peace cannot be purchased, at any price. Peace is not a normal state of affairs for monkeys, and if you attempt to purchase peace, all it means is that one side acts peaceful and the other side doesn't (Neville Chamberlain, may you rot in hell).

Monkeys are what monkeys are, and war is a part of all that. Who knows what the future holds for our species? Not I, but I DO know that whatever that future is, there will be war.

Shawnee123 · 09-25-2009, 01:14 PM

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Would you take UG, classicman, merc, radar, and tw? That'll give us some peace around here. JUST KIDDING!

pssst...at least he didn't say Shawnee!

TGRR · 09-25-2009, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Peace is being able to walk around without fear of being raped or murdered or caught in a bank robbery or a school shooting or being hit by a drunk driver or some punk-ass kid with a road vendetta who just broke up with his skank girlfriend or getting hit by drugwar crossfire or or or...

The price is the annihilation of the human race.

This is the correct answer, and stated far more effectively than my attempt.

TGRR · 09-25-2009, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by henry quirk

One nice, practical, definition for 'peace'...thanks.

But surely you mean, 'the annihilation of the human race' is the price for NOT having peace, yes?

Assumes facts contrary to existing evidence.

Humans have had the capacity to destroy themselves for 64 years, and have not had a year's peace in that time, yet they continue to infest the entire habitable world and Canada (apologies to HL Mencken).

piercehawkeye45 · 09-25-2009, 02:00 PM

Peace will only occur when we lose the need to get what we desire.

So never.

TheMercenary · 09-25-2009, 02:02 PM

Wait. How about next week?

henry quirk · 09-25-2009, 03:55 PM

No. That was one answer, based on an interpretation of the terms involved.

TheMercenary · 09-25-2009, 03:57 PM

Ok, how about the week after next?

dar512 · 09-25-2009, 04:17 PM

acceptable = going rate
price = US dollars
peace = eggs

The answer is ~ $2.00 a dozen.

If you don't define the inputs, the outputs mean nothing. The current discussion is analogous to arguments over how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.

henry quirk · 09-25-2009, 04:23 PM

No. It's just the beginning of a goddamned conversation wherein folks are encouraged to offer interpretations. The hope: a lengthy enough thread will evolve away from the opening question and self-sustain based on the give and take of the participants.

However: you, and others, should feel free to shit within the thread as you like…

TheMercenary · 09-25-2009, 04:42 PM

Ok, next month and that is my final offer. Or when ever the Israeli's bomb Iran. Which ever comes first.

dar512 · 09-25-2009, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by henry quirk

No. It's just the beginning of a goddamned conversation wherein folks are encouraged to offer interpretations. The hope: a lengthy enough thread will evolve away from the opening question and self-sustain based on the give and take of the participants.

However: you, and others, should feel free to shit within the thread as you like…

Poor henry, so misunderstood and abused.

Concepts like peace and price are difficult enough to discuss when you are trying to be as precise as possible. When you ask everyone to provide their own definitions, you have pretty much barred any productive discussion from occurring.

However, if that's your goal - have at it.

I was sorely tempted to use the turd smiley here as it was so explicitly called for, but managed to restrain myself.

09-25-2009, 01:09 PM	#16
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09-25-2009, 01:13 PM	#18
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Would you take UG, classicman, merc, radar, and tw? That'll give us some peace around here. JUST KIDDING! __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

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piercehawkeye45 Franklin Pierce Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,695	Peace will only occur when we lose the need to get what we desire. So never. __________________ I like my perspectives like I like my baseball caps: one size fits all.

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TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Wait. How about next week? __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

09-25-2009, 03:55 PM	#25
henry quirk maskless: yesterday, today, tomorrow Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2,162	This is the correct answer No. That was one answer, based on an interpretation of the terms involved. __________________ like the other guy sez: 'not really back, blah-blah-blah...'

09-25-2009, 03:57 PM	#26
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Ok, how about the week after next? __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

09-25-2009, 04:17 PM	#27
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	My interpretation acceptable = going rate price = US dollars peace = eggs The answer is ~ $2.00 a dozen. If you don't define the inputs, the outputs mean nothing. The current discussion is analogous to arguments over how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

09-25-2009, 04:23 PM	#28
henry quirk maskless: yesterday, today, tomorrow Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2,162	The current discussion is analogous to arguments over how many angels can dance on th No. It's just the beginning of a goddamned conversation wherein folks are encouraged to offer interpretations. The hope: a lengthy enough thread will evolve away from the opening question and self-sustain based on the give and take of the participants. However: you, and others, should feel free to shit within the thread as you like… __________________ like the other guy sez: 'not really back, blah-blah-blah...'

09-25-2009, 04:42 PM	#29
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Ok, next month and that is my final offer. Or when ever the Israeli's bomb Iran. Which ever comes first. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

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