[QUOTE="broqz"]i only read about 1/3 of the TC post and all i can say is this.
if you want to use your supposed talent to make military weapons then yes, you are stupid, nonintellegent, and apparently have skewed morals. (by my moral compass atleast)
the military has ALL diffrent kinds of ways to kill another human. porably lotsa ways we don't/can't even imagine. if your as gifted as you say you are why not put your efforts into the betterment off mankind? not its subversion? and no, the military of the past 100 years has in no way, shape, or form helped to better mankind.
to paraphrase another..."If the military can shoot a missle 1,000 miles and hit a mailbox can't is use that same tech to launch food to starving people?"
mrbojangles25
*sniff sniff* I smell hippy.
Some of the smartest men have had their greatest acheivements associated with the military. Flight, jet propulsion, chemistry (gunpowder, for example), plastics, nuclear science (atomic bomb, for example).
So saying that using your talent to develop weapons is stupid, well, is stupid. If anything, the military is the one area of our government that deserves our unconditional respect. Theyre out there, killing and dying for us. And if someone can develop a better bullet, a better bomb, a better something, that will help my friends in Iraq kill their enemies faster and more safely, then that is fine with me, and that is morally right.
In short, stop being an idealist. Wars are a necessary evil, and geniuses often contribute the most acheivements to the military...not idiots. We tried to stop Hitler by non-military means...it was called appeasement. Did it accomplish anything? Nope, he kept taking country after country, and killing Jew after Jew. But what did accomplish something? War. And mankind is definately better off without Hitler so I think thats one such justification of war.
As for the food being launched or whatever...that just doesnt work. I worked at soup kitchens throughout high school, and I always saw the same people in there. Nobody ever bettered themselves. So, my question is this: are we supposed to just give out stuff for all eternity, just because someone needs it? How are we helping people by actively encouraging them to not better themselves? I would sooner kick a bum in the ass and tell him to get a job than give him a handout. That may sound cruel, but someday he is gonna get that one kick in the ass that makes him question his current predicament.
Sorry for the tangent, but what you said was extremely insulting both to the military and anyone who has contributed to the military.
you say tamato, i say tomatoe. whatever, we could debate this till the end of time and never see eye to eye. and no i wont stop being and "idealist", just like you wont stop being one either.
sure i could try to point out the flaws i see in your argument, but i think it wouldn't matter. but i will try one, just because the military uses a certain tech does in no way mean it was developed only for military applications. gunpowder was not made to shoot guns regardless of it's name. flight was a dream (or a reality) for man from the very begining of civilization. and atomic bombs were a by-product of a search for an alternate energy.
so the idea that someone would choose to only look for military uses (i.e. the killing and or controling of humans by force) for any kind of tech is, in my opinion, stupid and beneath the capabilities of humanity.
oh yeah, i loved how you use "hippy" as an insult.
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