# What constitutes a "legal" war?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-constitutes-a-legal-war/216168>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [December 1, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-constitutes-a-legal-war/216168 "2003-12-01T03:13:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Saen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Saen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saen)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-constitutes-a-legal-war/216168/141 "2003-12-29T16:14:48Z")

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Nice, whats next? sticking your toungue out and stamping your feet? I can understand if you did not want to debate the issue anymore, but that last bit of crap, while anonymously behind your computer was a bit childish and dim-witted don’t you think?

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**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-constitutes-a-legal-war/216168/142 "2003-12-30T13:23:02Z")

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Saen said:

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> but that last bit of crap, while anonymously behind your computer was a bit childish and dim-witted don’t you think?

And your last bit here was a bit against the rules. You want to insult somebody, take it to the Pit. Or better yet, just don’t do it.

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David B, SDMB Great Debates Moderator

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**Author:** ![Saen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Saen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saen)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-constitutes-a-legal-war/216168/143 "2003-12-30T16:13:48Z")

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How is calling a coment childish and dim-witted when it personally tells me to go play with my Hitler dolls an insult? I would really like to hear that reasoning?

I call it childish because it was a pathetic attempt at an insult, dim-witted because **blowero** has no inkling of me personally or my family history regarding WWII. And yet after he makes an obvious personal insult towards me, and I show my comtempt for the _comment_, (I never said anything about **blowero’s** personal habits) you deem to reprimand _me_ saying I broke the rules.

Can we get some clarification on that? I would hate to “insult” anyone else.

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