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Re: Are we doing the right thing?
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Fri, 31 Aug 2001 19:15:54 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, James Davis writes:
I think that weaponry is actually a very positive message.
If weapons are for defense, it shows that a nation is strong.
The stronger a nation is, the less likely it is that it will ever go to war.

Things are slow around here, so I'm going to jump into the fray.  Does history
bear that out?  I don't think that there is a correlation between the strength
of a nation and a reticence towards war.

james



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  Re: Are we doing the right thing?
 
(...) Follow ups to off-topic.debate. I was going to say the same thing... Germany sure didn't show any hesitation to use their vastly supperior army in WWII, nor did the Romans hesitate to us theirs, or the British durring colonial expansion etc. (...) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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I think that weaponry is actually a very positive message. If weapons are for defense, it shows that a nation is strong. The stronger a nation is, the less likely it is that it will ever go to war. Back to lurking. (...) one of (...) of (...) after (...) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)

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