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

[Vuk]

HoreTore, there is nothing wrong with an institute that solely exists for killing people!


...wait, perhaps there is.

I agree though, first and foremost, if any department of the government is lacking funds, cut the Defense funds first. What the heck, millions of euros spend on what, making helictopers sound less loud, while teachers work twice if not triple their shifts?

There's a flaw in that logic. I don't see this obsession with the military. Not at all. Actually, in Vuk's words, the very thought that we actually give people money to go and shoot others makes me, what was it, sick to my stomach.

EDIT: Besides, the Freudian explanation is of course, guns are just penises. In the words of George Carlin, you blow other people (up) because their genitalia are larger than your own. (Saw that brilliant pun? That was vital.)

As I said, if you want to pay the teachers more, then cut your BS socialist programs and you will be able to afford to. What good does having a well paid teacher do you if you are conquered by Nazi Germany (to use a historical example) and those teachers are then made to teach Eugenics to children?
The military should not exist solely for killing people, it should exist for exactly the opposite reason: saving people. As I said, the best military is one so powerful that it is never used. Better not to have an institution devoted to that though and then have another country come in with a butterknife and take you over, and then draft you into their military anyway, right?


EDIT: And yeah, I agree with you, war ****. War makes me sick too. The sad thing is though, that it is not something that getting rid of your military is going to stop. If anything, that will just make it more likely to happen. It is sick that countries NEED militaries at all, but unfortunately they do, and there is nothing wrong with those who serve.
Think of it like this. If you live in New York, would you always keep your windows open and your doors unlocked when you were away? No, of course not, because someone could steal your stuff. It is sick that you have to worry about that, but making yourself defenseless to it is not going to make it stop happening, it will only drastically increase the chances of it happening.

EDIT 2: And as far as Freudian analogies go, sorry, I refuse to consider them. Freud was a racist, sexist, degenerate scumbag, and would prefer not to think like the likes of him.