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Does anyone else roll their eyes or cringe when someone says "violence solves nothing" or "war is not the answer"?
I am trying to think of a more definitive way of solving a problem. I can't think of anything that has truly been solved or settled diplomatically and stayed that way. Add pain into it, and magically things stay settled. How many times did your parents say "no", and you brought it up again later? If they just smacked the living crap out of you, I bet it doesn't come up again!
How many times have voters in WA had to vote on income tax or carbon tax? It gets reintroduced EVERY ELECTION CYCLE. And we always vote NO. Politicians wouldn't keep putting it up for a vote if they were drawn and quartered on KING5 news. Or maybe less extreme, caned 50 times like when you play with paint in Singapore.
Just a thought.
I am trying to think of a more definitive way of solving a problem. I can't think of anything that has truly been solved or settled diplomatically and stayed that way. Add pain into it, and magically things stay settled. How many times did your parents say "no", and you brought it up again later? If they just smacked the living crap out of you, I bet it doesn't come up again!
How many times have voters in WA had to vote on income tax or carbon tax? It gets reintroduced EVERY ELECTION CYCLE. And we always vote NO. Politicians wouldn't keep putting it up for a vote if they were drawn and quartered on KING5 news. Or maybe less extreme, caned 50 times like when you play with paint in Singapore.
Just a thought.