tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post3975223611107145933..comments2024-03-28T00:43:37.279-05:00Comments on Future War Stories: FWS Topics: My Definition of WarWilliamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17218428427067689631noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-4674208008444012742015-03-14T00:05:54.393-05:002015-03-14T00:05:54.393-05:00No way to tell if an alien species would be impres...No way to tell if an alien species would be impressed or not. Maybe it's common place in the galaxy, I suspect it may be.Relicchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01407243922196520949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-56592723416504763952014-10-07T07:15:01.943-05:002014-10-07T07:15:01.943-05:00Writing the sniper rifle armory blogpost as we spe...Writing the sniper rifle armory blogpost as we speak. Tons of research and attempting to separate the fact from fiction. I have enjoyed writing it, thought. Hopefully, it will be out in two weeks. Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218428427067689631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-84005106476763116182014-10-06T22:35:11.337-05:002014-10-06T22:35:11.337-05:00Oh yes, when is the sniper rifle blog posts will b...Oh yes, when is the sniper rifle blog posts will be out. Thought it would be out in summer. No rush. Not trying to be a dick. But still wanted it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00555953556972572471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-50547303192697023182014-10-06T20:48:13.511-05:002014-10-06T20:48:13.511-05:00War itself is political, from the politicians that...War itself is political, from the politicians that declare it (some for stupid reasons) to the taxpayers to executives finding reason. But the war itself is morally, physically, mentally, & emotionally fucked. When you're a soldier you have 2 shits of knowledge on why we fight for both sides (in insurgencies however the insurgents have full idea on why & the opposition has mixed or full idea like Afghanistan & Iraq) in conventional war it's just one side of mindless grunts fight another side of mindless grunts for their perspective no frackin reason. But in the search to find more of themselves & return home to the fucked post war life that they have. Will I end, yes a conflict will end but there's always another that fills it's shoes. & there's always someone ready to answer the call. & when it ends, he/she returns home . They might love someone, have a kid, buy/build a house, be famous even but every day they're still there. I'm still patroling kunar province. We are still in Afghanistan. & everyone is watching. That is what war is.�� Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00555953556972572471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-17363869001332095512014-10-06T13:12:09.870-05:002014-10-06T13:12:09.870-05:00I found your question very interesting, and yes, t...I found your question very interesting, and yes, there is a massive political compound to any war or armed conflict. Many military sci-fi stories, movies, and cartoons deal with the political situation of these future wars...I am not as interested in the political aspect, but FWS will be covering it very soon. Keep up the excellent commenting!Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218428427067689631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-11043278969841064432014-10-06T00:43:33.339-05:002014-10-06T00:43:33.339-05:00I am flattered by your response, though it probabl...I am flattered by your response, though it probably has more to do with the question I posed rather than the email itself. Your definition limits war to the physical conflict. This is good for the blog because it keeps the conversation out of areas of contention. As you know, my definition of war is political, which could lead to some messy arguments. By keeping to the subjects of tactics, equipment, and soldiers, we can keep the discussions to areas where we can come to some consensus.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15463753036970838320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-16780370391743275092014-10-05T08:40:20.129-05:002014-10-05T08:40:20.129-05:00As you have remarked, William, war is the dicotomy... As you have remarked, William, war is the dicotomy of man. If in the future we find another intelligent race among the stars, one that is tuly 'alien' in the fullest sense of the word, this is the thing that they might find the most confusing; that while individually none (or at least very few) people wish for war, humanity as a whole has an unnerving tendency towards self destruction. As you also remarked, war itself is just as confusing as the humans who wage it, something that brings out the best and the worst in humanity. One of the greatest horrors of war is that most of those who die would rather live in peace, have no idea why they are fighting, and thing that their side is justified, no matter what side of the lines they inhabit, so to speak.<br /> Interestingly, there is a essy by Isaac Asimov titiled 'The Unforgivable Sin', dealing with war and science, and the rise of the all to common 'frankenstein complexe' in liturature and the real world. He points out that although war is unutterably evil, and just as inevitable, most of the people involved are not. Even the people who designed atomic weapons can be pardoned, as that knowledge has other uses(spacecraft propulsion, planetary engineering, and better understanding of particle physics). To him the unforgivable sin was the invention and use of such things as poison gas, which have no application other than death. Even firearms have legitimate uses, smallarms for hunting, and it seems, giant cannon for launching stuff into orbit. But something like poison gas is a sin in the trus sense of the word. Extrapolating this the true evil of war is in the things that it makes men do in the name of patriotism, rather than in the direct toll it takes, although that is the greater weight of loss. War itself is a phenominon, brought about by ill fortune, miscommunication, and the ill will of realitvly few people, it is what men do in the name of war that makes it evil.<br /> Sorry if that is a little rantish, as an amature historian and philosopher it is one of the things about Us(humanity) that annoys me the most. Humanity better get its game together, if anyone out there is watching us, ther're not going to be impressed :)<br /><br />Moran Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com