I’d like to express my deep disappointment with all the gratuitous abuse piled up here on horses. Horses are intelligent and noble creatures, human true friends.
Latest scientific research clearly proves that Apocalypse will be carried out by birds, by means of avian flu.
Oh, yeah? And what have the Genevians done for us lately? Chocolate eating neutrality monkeys - hell, we didn’t have to save their arses in two world wars, so they’re just trying to guilt us out. Cuckoo Clocks should be renamed Eagle Clocks. I’m a teapot. Woot!
I’ve only read about gallows humor - is it something like what is happening here?
Does it mean we already feel completely powerless to stop the senseless carnage and are simply indulging in our wit and humor to survive the current circumstances, only hoping for our own personal survival? Have we given up?
What will history say about us? By “us” I mean: What will history say about our society based on the comments on internet messageboards during this particular conflict? And no, I don’t exclude myself from that examination.
But think about it.
GrahamWellington, war is a racket. There are only 2 reasons to fight - defense of your home or loved ones, or your basic human rights and civil liberties. Who is currently fighting on that basis? Does any society or nation fight with the idea that they are “evil-doers”, or “the bad guys”?
We’ve been duped. Not the only ones to ever have been duped, and not for the first time in history.
In a way, the replies to your thread make perfect sense, and answer your “For what?”: It is a joke we continue to play out at our own expense, to the benefit of the few in power.