(October 26, 2023 at 5:33 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(October 26, 2023 at 3:53 am)Deesse23 Wrote: Its irresponsible (and completely laughable) to whip up hysteria about an upcoming World War. There are people who may be susceptible, people who already frightened, who have personal problems, etc.
What we dont need is someone like Winter who acts irresponsibly, without concern for those who might lose their sleep over the hysteria cause by him.
Other than that, in the future maybe productive discussions will be possible on this board, over controversial issues, like the near/middle east, without having a signal to noise ratio of <1. Big thumbs up from my side..
Precisely. There’s no problem discussing the possibility of another world war, but to call EVERY FUCKING CONFLICT the harbinger of a new planetary conflagration is just plain stupid (which is right in Winter’s wheelhouse).
Boru
From "Demon" by John Varley:
By Day Sixteen the news anchors were trotting out historians who spent their time debating whether the current unpleasantness should be called World War III, IV, V, the Fourth Nuclear War, or the First Interplanetary War...
...In the end, the decision was made in an office on Sixth Avenue, New York City, Eastern Capitalist Confederation, by a network logo design analyst. The overnight Arbitrons on the numeral V were strongly positive. The V looked sexy and might stand for Victory, so World War V it was.
The next day, Sixth Avenue was vaporized.
