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    Default What's the difference between a soldier and a junkie?

    While they both consume resources without producing anything at all, the junkie dreams of being able to produce, while the soldier is proud of his position as a worthless consumer.

    The defence budget is passed. 35 billion NOK is what we're going to throw out the window next year. 35 billion we could've used for tax cuts instead. 35 billion to fight poverty. 35 billion to roads and infrastructure. 35 billion to give me my high speed railway to Bergen so it would've taken only an hour or two to visit Sigurd's sister. 35 billion to research and education. 35 billion to give the police, nurses and teachers proper pay.

    But no, we want to burn our money instead
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    Default Re: What's the difference between a soldier and a junkie?

    Well one is of use should we need them and the other isn't really of any use at all, I would also like to point out that junks produce CO2.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fragony View Post
    Well one is of use should we need them
    True. I guess junkies can be handy in a pinch, let's say in a painkiller shortage I'm sure they could contribute with some nice stuff....

    But I'm sure you agree that most of the time junkies are quite useless, Frags
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    Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
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    But I'm sure you agree that most of the time junkies are quite useless, Frags
    And that is where soldiers come in, see, perfection. Leave it all to me.

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    lmao, and how long did it take Hitler to take Norway? Good thing they saved money. :P
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fragony View Post
    And that is where soldiers come in, see, perfection. Leave it all to me.
    We won't have any use for our military even in a war, Frags. Unless of course cannon fodder is considered useful....

    So no, I place soldiers below junkies on the social ladder. I haven't decided whether they should be placed above or below the A(H1N1) virus yet....

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    lmao, and how long did it take Hitler to take Norway? Good thing they saved money. :P
    Yes, because another continental european war is so likely...

    Also, how long did it take Hitler(or the russkies) to take Sweden, if I may ask?
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    Default Re: What's the difference between a soldier and a junkie?

    Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
    While they both consume resources without producing anything at all, the junkie dreams of being able to produce, while the soldier is proud of his position as a worthless consumer.
    I'd say that's pretty accurate. However, society glorifies the soldier, and the more he consumes, the "better" a soldier he is. Sometimes they're one and the same; what's cooler than a smoking, whisky drinking soldier with a bandoleer across his chest, a rifle over his soldier, and a dirty foreigner at his feet?

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    Subotan, HoreTore.

    In the future, we should refrain from telling our opinions concerning the armed forums on a forum that is actually named totalwar.org.

    The name might suggest there are some people around that like the army.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hax View Post
    Subotan, HoreTore.

    In the future, we should refrain from telling our opinions concerning the armed forums on a forum that is actually named totalwar.org.

    The name might suggest there are some people around that like the army.

    ~Hax
    I've noticed that, and I was considering setting up a thread to see how many people were soldiers or vets.

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    Regardless of wether Norway should maintain a military or not, I'm still not seeing why you'd rate a junkie above someone who actually works for a living. In my opinion there are too many civil servants in the Netherlands and several redundant public institutions with nevertheless many employees, but that doesn't mean I think they're worth less then someone who's a financial burden on the whole of society and only produces nuisance and crime

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kralizec View Post
    then someone who's a financial burden:
    I don't see our soldiers as anything but a financial burden. One costing me 35 billions. And they take pride in their wasteful behaviour, something junkies do not, they dream of the day when they can contribute something to society.

    So, the bottom list goes like this:

    1. The king and other nobility at the bottom
    2. Soldiers
    3. Junkies
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