My minimal beliefs

[Kaidonni]

Geoffrey: Not necessarily. But this is democracy, the people have the say. And they can be all too easily ignored by those with their snouts in the trough. My great grandparents and grandparents did not risk their lives in war just so an idiot can have their say over the vast majority.

Adrian: True, my living conditions might be the result of winning war. But people then go on and screw things up again. They expect people to die for them, and then act irresponsibly and mess up things again. I will not look on war as good, or optimistically on Humanity. We never learn our lessons...

Despite the fruits of war, I am not tempted to support war. We can get those things another way. I oppose war, and I'm ashamed that people look so happily on it. My grandparents and great grandparents risked their lives for the idiots we have in power, and for people to screw things up. It's those who look too kindly on the fruits of war who don't realise what it took, and what it destroyed. The next world war, I'll be one of those who run to survive, to 'fight another day.' I'd never sign up to the army, and I'd spit on conscription. Maybe our politicians can go and die for those fruits for once. Or maybe you'd like to? Maybe you want your son or daughter to die for a few fruits of war?

The grass always looks greener on the other side of the fence.

Anyway, fed up now...you're tiring me out. I don't really like debating much...go pick on someone else, or one day...BANG! ZOOM! Straight to the third moon of Omicron Persei 8! :P

EDIT: I think I'll just leave it at that. I oppose war, I am ashamed of Humanity. War may have its fruits, but at what cost? And where will it lead us if we don't learn from our lessons? And although sometimes it is true that the majority can be stupider than one idiot in power (yes, Geoffrey, agreeing to an extent with you here), that cannot be used to rationalise the destruction of any democracy, or the raping of it, by those few idiots. It's easy to fall into a pattern here. I'm unlucky enough to have an MP who doesn't care much about what the electorate feel, or fairness. Yeah...go pick on someone else now. :P