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I'll upvote you for sincerity, and I have thought about my message for a long time. I encourage everyone else to think about what it really means to go to engag

I'll upvote you for sincerity, and I have thought about my message for a long time. I encourage everyone else to think about what it really means to go to engage in war and when you should or shouldn't do so. My situation may be different from yours. Perhaps I am being too selfish: I sincerely believe I would not be here today had the Canadians sat out WWI and WWII. I sincerely believe that almost everything I love about Hacking and Hacker Culture would not exist in Canada and the USA had Fascists dominated Europe. If I make a list of people in this industry that I admire, I keep coming up with ethnicities and gender preferences that would have been oppressed and/or exterminated. My message is somewhat overwrought and emotional, but I'm very clear on how I am the recipient of the greatest gift of all.

jacquesm 17y ago
World War I and World War II are wars that were not sought by many of the parties involved, and I think they deserve special consideration. Most of the other wars that have produced countless veterans were wars of aggression though. I know two vietnam vets personally (I don't have that much exposure to the US other than online and from when I lived 'nearby'), and neither of them is at all proud of what happened and sincerely despise politicians and everything associated with that era. They didn't have much choice about being there though, and at the time they thought it was a good thing. The lesson I guess is that you should not let stuff like this blind you, and you should always be on guard that you do not become someone elses tool.