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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 12:42 PM Original message |
Scarcity of natural resources does not lead to war. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's why Japan invaded Manchuria and why Germany invaded Romania, etc. nt |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. Ever heard of Easter Island? |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 01:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. That still is no reason for war |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 01:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. You are talking about an ideal. |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 01:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Ask the rest of the world´s population |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 02:36 PM Response to Reply #22 |
36. What you believe and what you do are completely different things |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 02:54 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. That´s the extreme, while "standard of living is another thing" |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 02:46 PM Response to Reply #22 |
39. Seldom is the person who will die for their morality. |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 02:57 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Nobody has asked one to die for morality, |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. History is not on your side in this debate. - n/t |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 01:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. History is not on my side? |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 01:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Where do you get this idiotic idea |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. That´s the point |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 01:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. If "that's the point" your OP is wrong |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 01:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Did I suggest that WE SHOULD go to war over a resource? |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 01:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. My apology to lapfog_1 |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 01:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Historically, wars have been fought over resources. |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. You are not defending such wars |
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AlertLurker (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 02:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
31. War of 1812 - Resource War |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. It's the way we organize society, and religion is just one form of such organization |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 01:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Have you been reading "mein Kampf" |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 01:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Now that's creative! |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 01:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Survival is something different |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 02:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Why do we simply accept this "way of life" |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 02:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Are these rhetorical questions? |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 02:42 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. We are definitely not "on the same page" |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 03:54 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. Just...'because' |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 03:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
44. It's easier |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
10. Do you know what sort of technologies and capital go into photovoltaic cells? |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Solar energy is too expensive |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 01:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. I'm all for creativity, but you've got to think about how the money to buy |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 02:10 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Is there a similar calculation for the costs of war? |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. okay |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. Yesterday you were claiming people 'felt better' because Iraq is about oil |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
15. It is usually a leading factor in war, but yeah not always over resources. |
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Didereaux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
24. 1 nomination for 'Most INANE' statement of the day n/t |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 02:16 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Is it truly meaningless to remind ourselves |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
25. It does if war is the only option. |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 02:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. War is only "the only option" if |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
32. I hear you, Angela |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 02:32 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Thank You Magellan |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
33. It doesn't "have to" and it doesn't "automatically", but it does, usually... |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 02:45 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Which is a shame, but minds can be changed |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 03:02 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. So are you now admitting that it does, usually? |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
43. THREAD CLOSED, LESSONS LEARNED. |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 05:55 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. You staked your ground. |
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