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If the British Empire is fated to pass from life into history, we must hope it will not be by the slow process of dispersion and decay, but in some supreme exer
by rrggrr 10y ago
If the British Empire is fated to pass from life into history, we must hope it will not be by the slow process of dispersion and decay, but in some supreme exertion for freedom, for right and for truth.
Churchill
- Balgair 10y agoCorrect me if I am wrong, but I believe the use of that quote in this context is then advocating nuclear holocaust. If that is what you are trying to say, the next question is then: Are you insane?
- rrggrr 10y agoYou are wrong.
- Balgair 10y agoWould you care to explain why?
- rrggrr 10y agohttp://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/behavior/game_theoretic/game_theory_intro_2007.html http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/behavior/game_theoretic/... Playing chicken with an opponent who time after time demonstrates highly rational, self-dealing behavior is the opposite of insane.
- che_shirecat 10y agoWhat's with the war propaganda level rhetoric? How do you even compare world powers jostling for trade advantage with moral dichotomies of "right/truth" and "evil?" Any cursory examination of the practices of American businesses in international trade should immediately dispel any delusion that the US has clean hands in the matter. You're implying here (not very subtly either) that mutually assured nuclear destruction and loss of life in the billions is somehow a reasonable response to an asymmetry in economic advantage between world powers?
- dang 10y agoPlease don't take HN threads into off-topic flamewars.