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Originally Posted by Graybeard  It seems you have answered your own question then ...  ... An organisation that can be organised ?? Are you tripping over words ??? Don't you just hate it when I read the semantics and not the intent .... LOL
War or threat of war is an agressive act created or implemented to bring about some advantage to the agressor. So what you are really stating is that as it develops in scale and crosses an ill-defined boundary ... (a human label) ... we can say it is organised.
This has to be conditioned ... its our label and we choose to apply it ... therefore it is a conditioned definition.
cool bananas ... greg
This defining line must mean something to you in the line of debate you wish to follow ... What is the line ?? |
Hey Bananas:
I think you've fairly well covered the chosen field of semantics as well as the intent.
Humans have the sentient ability to transcend aggressive instincts and derail them to preoccupations not intended by Nature. Although it is commonplace to hear that warfare is Nature and not nurture. The organised warfare scenario appears to be a conditioned human preoccupation. I think we agree on this.
Your knowledge on the subject of warfare in general - and what I intend - continues to be impressive.
You've probably noticed that a lot of my blogs accomodate the subject in considerable depth. Mebbe short of global warming, it's the most important unresolved problem on the precariously tentative human agenda. Breaching the issue of warfare with you seems to consistently prove out to be interesting.
Huxley defined civilized people as, 'those who've found something more interesting than sex'.
John Keegan went on to add that this definition includes, 'those who've found something more interesting than violence and/or combat'.
So far, speaking for myself, given my interest in war - it's causes, effects and possible remedies... Apparently Truly Yours has yet to qualify as being civilized.
And, Greg, given what proves to be your interests and accompanying knowledge, we
both may be a coupla savages...
Kewl Kewkumbers,
- RP