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# War?
What is it good for?


*Please note: above post may include a rhetorical question intended as the basis for a poor Edwin Starr related joke. That is all.*
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 21:22, archived)
# KITTENS!
Huh!

/gets down
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 21:23, archived)
# ah, I know this one...
Reducing the population of lesser-educated people that enjoy violence, and therefore improving the gene-pool, making the planet more efficient, and reducing pollution?
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 21:24, archived)
# Aquisition of mineral resources?
maybe...
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 21:25, archived)
# killing your enemies.
nazi invasion cessation.
world conquest.
oil.
getting deposed if you can't be bothered to resign.
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 21:28, archived)
# Not poetry!
(see below).
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 21:30, archived)
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Increasing the share prices within the firearms industry?
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 21:30, archived)
#
Conversation.
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 21:35, archived)
#
Films with Clint Eastwood in them.
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 21:36, archived)
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Giving students something to do other than sit around smoking pot.
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 21:36, archived)
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People that like wearing green.
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 21:36, archived)
#
writing songs about
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 21:38, archived)
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increasing the female-male ratio
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 21:39, archived)
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providing a reason for a baby boom
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 21:39, archived)
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medal manufacturers
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 21:41, archived)
# Quiet you.
.
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 21:42, archived)
#
playing card manufacturers
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 21:42, archived)
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giving altruistic royals a reason to wander round fields of landmines
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 21:43, archived)
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sunken ships and aircraft are good places for marine life to thrive
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 21:45, archived)
#
scaring the voting populace into re-electing you
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 21:46, archived)
# Seriously now...
.
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 21:49, archived)
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developing obscure sports like night-parachuting, russian roulette, and towel-head baiting.
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 21:49, archived)
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selling newspapers
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 21:49, archived)
# Thank you.
.
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 21:52, archived)
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giving ex-military people a chance to write books
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 21:52, archived)
# No, no, no, no!
.
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 21:53, archived)
#
science budgets for developing weapon systems that can later be used to improve the lives of those left afterwards, eg. Nuclear fuels, LSD
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 21:54, archived)
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gives foreign women a chance to earn money selling their bodies
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 21:55, archived)
# You're a very Perseverant person.
I'll give you that much.
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 21:57, archived)
#
trained dolphins
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 21:58, archived)
# I have no idea why i'm still reading these.
.
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 21:58, archived)
#
sick fascination?
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 21:59, archived)
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revenue for the government from selling obselete arms to both sides?
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 21:59, archived)
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increasing publicity for religious leaders
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 22:00, archived)
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AA zeppelins make the sky look pretty
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 22:02, archived)
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disposing of criminals
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 22:02, archived)
# I think you're getting desperate.
.
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 22:03, archived)
#
after finding 27 things that war's good for, I'm starting to agree with you
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 22:06, archived)
#
helmet jokes
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 22:03, archived)
# The answer you're stuggling with is:
'absolutely nothing'


Ta-da!
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 22:06, archived)
# Oh thank god.
.
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 22:16, archived)
# bah
killjoy. war's great!
Anyone that says otherwise is clearly short-sighted
(, Wed 6 Apr 2005, 22:20, archived)