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patrick t. cakes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:06 PM Original message |
Why are weapons of war neat to look at? |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because they look like penises. nt |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. I wish more people wanted to see penises! n/t |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Well, that certainly makes sense. NOT! |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. Guns have always been synonymous with penises. nt |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:53 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Synonymous (adj.) |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:01 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. You have a very good point. |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:34 PM Response to Reply #34 |
44. Really?!? That sounds *just like* a scene from this movie "Full Metal Jacket" I saw one time... n/t |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:58 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. Could be. I never saw the movie. |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #52 |
64. I wasn't doubting anyone's word, I was just making an observation akin to "art imitates life." |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Thanks for that. I just wanted to assure you that I wasn't having a Reagan moment ... |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #64 |
74. The first time I heard that story was in Uris" "Battle Cry" |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 02:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
82. Wasn't it Zardoz who said, and I quote, "The gun is good, the penis is evil..."? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm no fan of bombs or guns, but planes and, my fave, the osprey are cool |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. The bird with the gun that only fires when the door is open... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Yep - and that F16 clone that can land by going straight down is cool too |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
49. Interesting stuff they teach folks in the Peace Corps these days. n/t. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. nt |
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patrick t. cakes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. says alot i guess...nt |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 12:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
59. No more than saying... |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. Why do people oggle guns? Or dead animals? |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
7. Depends On If You Are On The Receiving End, Or Not... |
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patrick t. cakes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Nice to have the comfort of not being on the |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
9. I like airplanes. I don't particularly like looking at guns or bombs. |
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NuclearDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. Because military technology eventually makes it way to the civilian world |
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patrick t. cakes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Thats not comforting... |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. I get that, but when you're in/using one... |
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NuclearDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. Guns, bombs, and turrets are only parts |
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drokhole (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. I feel like those advances are just accidents of circumstance... |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
75. Or storms at sea, or the inhospitable regions of desert... |
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patrick t. cakes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 01:59 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. Don't know if i agree... |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #77 |
81. You are now adding qualifiers previously not stated. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
29. They are often examples of the best engineering available and do amazing things |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
12. As an engineer I can appreciate the engineering that went into them |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
15. A male thing |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
16. Because they go fast and make a loud bang |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I'd love to see some of the Navy's budget put into our merchant fleet |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
45. Axing one Carrier Group would fix our budge problems. nt |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 09:46 AM Response to Reply #45 |
63. We have 11 active |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
18. As an ex-tanker, and now a peacenik who still has a fascination with military hardware, |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 12:29 AM Response to Reply #18 |
58. Same with artillerymen (this one, anyway)... |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
20. People like movies about the mafia too |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:32 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. The Iliad comes to mind |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Better to be the alpha IMHO... |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:59 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. They don't always live long |
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patrick t. cakes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Us betas get all the chicks...:) |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #39 |
71. And without all the work. n/t |
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patrick t. cakes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #71 |
76. . |
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patrick t. cakes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Any thoughts on an evolutionary impulse for fascination with... |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:03 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. I suppose we try to avoid dwelling on death |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
46. It's not a fascination with death |
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drokhole (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
24. People also tend to forget what those shiny toys do. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. When a tank can help plant a tree |
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drokhole (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:28 PM Response to Reply #30 |
43. Sweet, then so did the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:42 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Well those people on the other side of the tank were |
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drokhole (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 11:28 PM Response to Reply #47 |
55. Ah, the "they started it" approach, always a great justification on the playground... |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 12:13 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Yes, I'm sure you don't want to get into all the reasons |
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drokhole (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 01:16 AM Response to Reply #57 |
61. No, I don't... |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 01:31 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Boy, what a convoluted argument |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #61 |
70. The infinite possibilities of life... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #24 |
68. It's only disturbing to people who choose to be disturbed about things they can't change |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
26. I dunno...why do people like to watch balls of rock and ice |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
32. War makes a lot of men... |
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patrick t. cakes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:07 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Yeah the violence good/ sex bad thing |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:45 PM Response to Reply #32 |
48. Men are not "conditioned" by the culture or society, but by evolution stretching back millions of |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
37. It's like fireworks on the fourth of July? n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
41. Not me, han-han. |
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Llewlladdwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #41 |
69. Just out of curiousity.... |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 02:01 PM Response to Reply #69 |
78. It seems I was wrong thinking it was apparent I didn't need to use the |
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BoWanZi (502 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
42. The technology in the planes and stuff is just plain awesome |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:47 PM Response to Reply #42 |
50. It might be coming from the pre-historic 'magic-mushroom' era. |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
51. I'm no fan of war, but the P-51 is a beautiful machine. |
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Marblehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
53. TV |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
54. Purity of form following function |
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U4ikLefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
56. When they kill your entire family, they stop being so "neat". |
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Citizen Worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
60. Weapons are the logical outcome of a severe case of testosterone poisoning. |
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Llewlladdwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 01:11 PM Response to Reply #60 |
73. 'Cause we all know women never kill. NT |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
66. Most likely for the same reason... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
67. They are examples of some of the best engineering and manufacturing of their time |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
72. I got hooked on planes building models as a kid, had a big collection. |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
79. There is an inate fascination with items related to mortality as well as technology. |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
80. i don't think they are neat to look at. i find them boring. n/t |
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