RE: War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris Hedges
November 1, 2015 at 10:15 pm
(This post was last modified: November 1, 2015 at 10:16 pm by Combanitorics.)
(November 1, 2015 at 10:13 pm)Chuck Wrote:(November 1, 2015 at 10:04 pm)abaris Wrote: I would call them ignorant. But not as repugnant as someone taking a general as their role model. A general is only needed when some society already has declared intellectual bankrupcy.
Well, intellectual bankruptcy is often unavoidable in peace, and war is often the response to intellectual bankruptcy that produces the surplus of intellectual capital to refill the depleted coffers.
Why is intellectual bankruptcy often unavoidable in peace? What, in your opinion, is the ultimate cause of intellectual bankruptcy?
(November 1, 2015 at 10:14 pm)abaris Wrote:(November 1, 2015 at 10:13 pm)Combanitorics Wrote: I've often heard reports of soldiers claiming to have experienced paranormal occurrences on the battlefield. Is it true that there are no atheists in foxholes?
Want to ask my grandfather from beyond the grave? I still have his diary from WWI. No mention of god. Don't resort to that kind of idiocy, if you please.
What did he say? I have definitely heard reports by soldiers (my mother's brother in Vietnam) that war engenders a substantially altered state of consciousness.
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