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The cat I mentioned has also been with me since I was nearly 2 years old. I am 21 now, and she is 20. It is a shame she is in Australia and I am in Thailand, she will die soon but I will not get a chance to say goodbye.
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Aww that's sad dude.
Sorry about that. :/
I had a cat like that.
He was my first pet to.
He only lasted ten years, Kitty Leukemia. :/
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That is not the same. Look at the nature of men. They collect things, organize things, try to build a little castle out of their house, are technical and strategical. Different men will do things in different ways, but each man has his conquest he must fullfill. Even peace corps are a battle of their own kind which use strategy and organization similar to the Army. They have an objective and goal, make sacrafices and must bear the brunt of their failure. From being a computer wiz to a disco dancing guru, to skateboards or fashion and peace corp and war, every man has his indiviual campaign he must wage. It is natural, it is the way nature has forged our species and is an instinct that drives us forward; competition - all animals do it on different levels.
The difference is humans do it in so many different ways, even if it is all the same concept. But that does not change; some men will, and always will be born to pursue the Way of the fighter. Some people make the choice they will not harm innocent when they fight, others are not so virtuous. But, given the competative nature of men, polititians will always flex their muscles, religous leaders will preach their BS, and men will rise to fight for them. That is natural. There is nothing wrong with joining a peace corp and trying to help people in need, but it is a different story trying to change the nature of man.
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So basically, you joined the army because that was your, "individual campaign"
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I quote someone:
... here, we encounter the objection of the modern day pacafist, that "mans role is to overcome nature." Which is as Jewish in its effrontery as it is stupid. As much so, that if it were true no world at all would be concievable...
Yes, that is Hitler. But it is true. You want to take the competition out of man. This means not just taking the war, but taking all things he uses as his nature. Our species would crumble and die. You should not forget we are a part of nature. That is; if you ever managed to convince man to, under no circumstance, engage in violence, then it is not because you have instilled virtue, as you think, but it is because you have destroyed his nature, and the species will start to become weak. It is like, trying to get Elks to stop jousting for breeding rights; the strong blood lines would die. If we lost our will to compete, our technology would be forgotten. - You were right about one thing, man is very deep.
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I'm not saying we should strip this society of violence.
As nice as it sounds, it would never happen and it might be a tad bit boring.
But we really need to reach a balance.
The hate and violence in this world seems to swallow all good.
We either need to increase the good or fewer the amount of bads.
However, there are plenty of people who would disagree with me.
Even though I feel right, I'm not about to say I am.
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The Mongols and Huns were not during their times of great war.
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I would never ever put the word great in front of war.
But that's where you and I's morals divide by alot.