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I doubt that Europe is lucky enough to have a meaningful war. Yes, people will die but they do that every day ... no big whup. But, should the unforeseen happen and you go for it, make sure it's not a wasted effort and you get at least 2 results.

  1. Get rid of all monarchies, popes, and super-rich. Think of them as vermin to be exterminated or you will have accomplished nothing for your sacrifice.

  2. Stop this "freedom to breed" attitude that you seem to embrace. Get this. In order to legally drive my car I need a valid driver's license (to prove I'm a responsible driver), a current car registration tag (to prove my car is road worthy), and car insurance which I never collect on because I'm a sane cautious driver. You folks have TV ads where you encourage people to go to bars, get drunk, and maybe you will get lucky and a woman will end up pregnant. And then you have the nerve to fret over global climate change.

You're not lucky enough to have a meaningful war. The frog will continue to simmer unto death. Plan on it.

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by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Sat Mar 9th, 2013 at 05:50:58 PM EST
Get rid of all monarchies, popes, and super-rich.

It was my understanding that wars are always fought to make some people very rich. What other purpose could there be? Apart from a handful of profiteers, all others lose.
by The European on Sat Mar 9th, 2013 at 06:14:00 PM EST
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Sometimes wars are fought to keep some people super-rich. Or by some super-rich to prevent other people from becoming super-rich.

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by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Sat Mar 9th, 2013 at 06:39:12 PM EST
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THE Twank:
Stop this "freedom to breed" attitude that you seem to embrace.

You do know that births in the EU as a rule are quite a bit below replacement rate? That the states with the highest births almost - but not quite - reach replacement rate and that without immigration all EU states would have declining population?

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by A swedish kind of death on Sun Mar 10th, 2013 at 03:27:38 AM EST
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and car insurance which I never collect on because I'm a sane cautious driver.

That doesn't follow. All it takes is a landlord who doesn't maintain the drainage where you park your car, a heavy rainstorm with water reaching the engine, and (possibly - I only thought of this possibility much later) collaboration between a garage owner and insurance adjuster, and you end up collecting more from auto insurance companies than you've paid in (in my case, than I've paid all my life).

Of course, this was in NY. Maybe such things don't happen in CA.

by gk (gk (gk quattro due due sette @gmail.com)) on Sun Mar 10th, 2013 at 07:27:57 AM EST
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