Thrawn's Revenge

Off Topic => The Lounge => Topic started by: Meyer on August 11, 2007, 11:41:52 AM

Title: Civil Wars
Post by: Meyer on August 11, 2007, 11:41:52 AM
What drives a country to civil war? What is good enought reason to fight against your fellow countrymen?
Title: Re: Civil Wars
Post by: Raptor on August 11, 2007, 11:48:34 AM
Disagreements.
Title: Re: Civil Wars
Post by: Meyer on August 11, 2007, 11:51:15 AM
Well if you are living in democracy like USA, can't those disagreements be settled without civil war? And still you had one. And so did Finland that also is a democracy. So I think there has to be more.
Title: Re: Civil Wars
Post by: sarcronis on August 11, 2007, 12:39:29 PM
Very major disagreements, that are exploited by people who want a war.
Title: Re: Civil Wars
Post by: Meyer on August 11, 2007, 12:42:08 PM
And who want war? those who benefit from it. And who benefit from it? Weapons manufacters.
Title: Re: Civil Wars
Post by: sarcronis on August 11, 2007, 12:47:28 PM
In the Civil War slavery was a major issue, but hotheads like Yancey, don't be surprised if you hadn't heard the name before, twisted the views into the great revolution.  The people that wanted it were people that had no idea what it would mean.
Title: Re: Civil Wars
Post by: Meyer on August 11, 2007, 12:56:43 PM
In Finland the war started because communist fuckheads wanted to join Finland to Soviet Union, with semi-autonomy. Exactly to the state where Finland was under russian rule before 1917.
Title: Re: Civil Wars
Post by: sarcronis on August 11, 2007, 12:57:59 PM
That is also a common reason, kind of like the Russian civil war.
Title: Re: Civil Wars
Post by: Meyer on August 11, 2007, 01:32:47 PM
yep. commie bastards versus Nikolai II.
Title: Re: Civil Wars
Post by: sarcronis on August 11, 2007, 01:33:26 PM
I wish neither won.
Title: Re: Civil Wars
Post by: Meyer on August 11, 2007, 01:34:18 PM
I hope they would have destroyed each other.
Title: Re: Civil Wars
Post by: sarcronis on August 11, 2007, 01:35:36 PM
But they didn't and we have to live with the consequences to this day.
Title: Re: Civil Wars
Post by: Meyer on August 11, 2007, 01:36:14 PM
yep. well one consequence is that Finland is independent.
Title: Re: Civil Wars
Post by: sarcronis on August 11, 2007, 01:37:32 PM
That is good.  some bad consequences are commie states, russia having nukes and all of their border disputes.
Title: Re: Civil Wars
Post by: Meyer on August 11, 2007, 01:38:31 PM
yep. Nothing good comes without a prise.
Title: Re: Civil Wars
Post by: sarcronis on August 11, 2007, 01:43:46 PM
I've been thinking and that is true
Title: Re: Civil Wars
Post by: Meyer on August 11, 2007, 01:44:11 PM
sadly yes.