Pages:
Author

Topic: Are we at the brink of WW3? (Read 2638 times)

member
Activity: 85
Merit: 10
September 16, 2012, 11:56:48 AM
#22
It's a proven fact, exposure to the Internet results in a mild-to-sever case of douchebaggery. Combine that with a fundamentalist religion, and you get gunpowder.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19/

legendary
Activity: 1264
Merit: 1008
September 15, 2012, 01:06:16 PM
#21

I feel something in the air.

I don't know what it is, but it feels "different".

I feel like we are about to experience a paradigm shift.

We need a trailer park boys clip here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvm-n6gwPCY
legendary
Activity: 1708
Merit: 1020
September 15, 2012, 08:01:32 AM
#20
[...]

I used to kind of hope for a nuclear war because I thought the shakeup might cause positive social change, but I now tend to think that it'd be bad for voluntarism. Probably it would lead to less rational thinking among the populace (due to panic) and a more violent government.

Also billions of people dying could easily disturb you.

to OP: I am under the impression too, that some religious people get more and more touchy. Is it because they get access to the internetz and youtubez?
hero member
Activity: 518
Merit: 500
September 14, 2012, 11:45:04 AM
#19
...

[/tinfoil hat]  ... [tinfoil hat].

...


I see your normal state is wearin gthe tinfoil hat, and you took it off for that part of the post  Cheesy
full member
Activity: 322
Merit: 100
September 14, 2012, 11:34:36 AM
#18
If something like a full on nuclear war were to break out, the survivors would have nothing to look forward to but C.O.G.
legendary
Activity: 1134
Merit: 1002
You cannot kill love
September 14, 2012, 11:30:39 AM
#17
The change will happen from within, no need for war, it's not happening.
hero member
Activity: 532
Merit: 500
FIAT LIBERTAS RVAT CAELVM
September 14, 2012, 11:26:08 AM
#16
If there is another world war, it will be nuclear. I don't consider this entirely unlikely, since our incompetent, violent governments have lots of nukes...

Quote
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
--Albert Einstein

I don't completely agree with that. If all nuclear weapons were unleashed at once it would be doomsday, but I don't think any government has things set up to do that. Full-scale nuclear war would consist of dozens or perhaps hundreds of nuclear explosions at certain strategic points, but an entire country would not be blanketed with explosions. This would result in short-term (a few months) danger from fallout and long-term (decades) economic damage due to "nuclear winter" climate change and illness/death due to the radiation. But we would not need to rebuild civilization from scratch or anything.

Depends on what you mean by "rebuild." Perhaps not sticks and stones, but in the near-term after full-scale nuclear war, ammunition will be worth it's weight in gold. We'd need to rebuild the industrial base, probably a good chunk of infrastructure, and the social structure would be at best deeply shaken.
sr. member
Activity: 434
Merit: 250
September 14, 2012, 11:14:04 AM
#15
I feel like we are about to experience a paradigm shift.

Just another excuse for more of our freedoms to be eroded. That's why I'm focusing on BTC now...
administrator
Activity: 5222
Merit: 13032
September 14, 2012, 11:09:10 AM
#14
If there is another world war, it will be nuclear. I don't consider this entirely unlikely, since our incompetent, violent governments have lots of nukes...

Quote
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
--Albert Einstein

I don't completely agree with that. If all nuclear weapons were unleashed at once it would be doomsday, but I don't think any government has things set up to do that. Full-scale nuclear war would consist of dozens or perhaps hundreds of nuclear explosions at certain strategic points, but an entire country would not be blanketed with explosions. This would result in short-term (a few months) danger from fallout and long-term (decades) economic damage due to "nuclear winter" climate change and illness/death due to the radiation. But we would not need to rebuild civilization from scratch or anything.

I used to kind of hope for a nuclear war because I thought the shakeup might cause positive social change, but I now tend to think that it'd be bad for voluntarism. Probably it would lead to less rational thinking among the populace (due to panic) and a more violent government.
hero member
Activity: 532
Merit: 500
FIAT LIBERTAS RVAT CAELVM
September 14, 2012, 10:52:23 AM
#13
If there is another world war, it will be nuclear. I don't consider this entirely unlikely, since our incompetent, violent governments have lots of nukes...

Quote
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
--Albert Einstein
hero member
Activity: 616
Merit: 500
Portland Bitcoin Group Organizer
September 14, 2012, 10:39:55 AM
#12
Hey OP, you might be watching too much TV.
sr. member
Activity: 280
Merit: 250
September 14, 2012, 10:37:19 AM
#11
What do you want me to say? Haters gonna hate.
administrator
Activity: 5222
Merit: 13032
September 14, 2012, 10:36:34 AM
#10
If there is another world war, it will be nuclear. I don't consider this entirely unlikely, since our incompetent, violent governments have lots of nukes...
legendary
Activity: 1232
Merit: 1001
September 14, 2012, 10:32:18 AM
#9
http://news.yahoo.com/protesters-storm-us-embassy-yemen-084845510.html

I feel something in the air.

I don't know what it is, but it feels "different".

I feel like we are about to experience a paradigm shift.

So this are protesters, having a demonstration.

Against what are they protesting? A Video?

A Video that likely 99.9% of them haven't seen.

Only one word: Religions.
full member
Activity: 322
Merit: 100
September 14, 2012, 10:24:20 AM
#8
History will probably call these the Abrahamic Oil Wars.

I think it will more likely be the Opium Wars.
member
Activity: 70
Merit: 10
legendary
Activity: 1145
Merit: 1001
September 14, 2012, 08:44:43 AM
#6
No.

Want to start a bet on betsofbitco.in?

 Grin
member
Activity: 112
Merit: 10
The ants came marching one by one
September 13, 2012, 03:50:46 PM
#5
No.

legendary
Activity: 1264
Merit: 1008
September 13, 2012, 10:11:22 AM
#4
Yes.  War coming from the North.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWHLE3DBs38
donator
Activity: 1736
Merit: 1014
Let's talk governance, lipstick, and pigs.
September 13, 2012, 05:14:07 AM
#3
History will probably call these the Abrahamic Oil Wars.
Pages:
Jump to: