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That's not entirely true. They have/had benefit for rulers. They serve to indicate which people one feudal lord can tax and press into his army, and which peopl
by sspiff 13y ago
That's not entirely true. They have/had benefit for rulers. They serve to indicate which people one feudal lord can tax and press into his army, and which people shall be pressed into his neighbours army and pay him taxes.
At the very least, when they're marked in treaties, they prevent some confusion and conflicts and give rise to others, depending on the agenda of the rulers involved.
So they certainly have a use for someone, albeit a tiny but highly visible minority.
- TausAmmer 13y agoThat I must agree on, useful they are. As torture equipment or napalm also serves a purpose.
- sspiff 13y agoNot sure if you're being sarcastic, but I agree. Some people feel these things are useful, as damaging as they are to the vast majority of those involved.
- TausAmmer 13y agoIt can be sarcastic, but it is true and I don't think this should ever be discussed with sarcasm. One goes to drop bombs on someone else house because he is told so, nor man who drops the bombs nor family below benefits from it. But I can't find solution, humanity is defective in my eyes, almost fatally defective, it will survive and go on, but must come to absurd and dramatic turn that will bring it to knees and you have start again. And repeat, repeat repeat. Either I accept this as a part of the game or go insane.