Re: [Nolug] O.K., you've probably heard this one before...

(My mother keeps telling me "Don't feed the trolls" but I never
listen.)

Michael Flora <michaelrflora@yahoo.com> writes:

> "War is the health of the state" -- Randolph Bourne,
> 1918
>
> "War has provided both ancient and modern societies
> with a dependable system for stabilizing and
> controlling national economies. No alternate method of
> control has yet been tested in a complex modern
> economy that has shown itself remotely comparable in
> scope or effectiveness... 'war' is virtually
> synonymous with nationhood. The elimination of war
> implies the inevitable elimination of national
> sovereignty and the traditional nation-state." --
> Leonard C. Lewin, 1967
>
> "All we are saying is give peace a chance" -- John
> Lennon (what a laugh!)

Why is this a laugh? Is the nation/state that vital to the our
continued existence?

Mark.

-- 
As long as you have mystery you have health; when you destroy mystery
you create morbidity.			     -- G.K. Chesterson
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