An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind. n/t

[TygrBright]

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. except for those bloodthirsty folks who think

that our only possible response to any event is a military one. They were blind to begin with - which is a big part of the original problem.

[merrily]

2. Very true France bombed Syria in September. Isil attacked France in November.

Hard to know what the right thing is. I wish we'd evolve on how to resolve differences, power struggles, border disputes and other causes of wars.

[shraby]

3. About the only way to resolve the issues you refer to is we

need to put the leaders who want to duke it out on an island, give them each an equal amount of munitions (no army though) and let them have at it till only one is left standing.
Then maybe incarcerate the one left standing for advocating war. That would let the people live in peace as most people want.

[merrily]

4. That is similar to the principle of David and Goliath. Instead of wars, choose one champion from

each side.

The Star Trek solution was just to herd X number of people off to die. Less destructive than bombing.

[shraby]

6. You did note that I didn't say "champion for each side", I said

leader and by leader I meant the head of the government or the head of an organization trying to start a war.
Let the top ones who wants to make war do the war by themselves. No army, no backup crew, all by their onesies.
Just maybe they'd sing a different tune.

[uppityperson]

5. There is a huge difference between revenge and protecting yourself or stopping crimes.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

7. A stitch in time saves nine. N.T.

[geek tragedy]

8. That applies to vengeance, not conflict in general nt