tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post2913277699017840192..comments2024-03-28T09:59:13.754-07:00Comments on bionic mosquito: Prelude to the Great War: Germanybionic mosquitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-22247985614491360512016-07-08T12:55:33.418-07:002016-07-08T12:55:33.418-07:00“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil ...“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” ― Edmund Burke. Capn Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08133441332228302495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-77261656927913469122016-07-08T07:37:13.647-07:002016-07-08T07:37:13.647-07:00If the people would spend 5% of their energy again...If the people would spend 5% of their energy against the political leaders who send them to war (in a peaceful manner) as they spend fighting wars against others (strangers, who never did them no harm) and cheering on their so-called warriors, this would virtually all come to an end.bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-21150193908893458962016-07-07T18:21:06.255-07:002016-07-07T18:21:06.255-07:00I second that.I second that.Brutushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06885083535036422093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-89106832196365670842016-07-07T12:28:56.768-07:002016-07-07T12:28:56.768-07:00You know it's a good site when the comments ar...You know it's a good site when the comments are as good as the articles.Capn Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08133441332228302495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-11040424440912139092016-07-06T05:49:11.081-07:002016-07-06T05:49:11.081-07:00Great post. The militarization of Europe leading u...Great post. The militarization of Europe leading up to WWI certainly didn't go unnoticed. My favorite author, Leo Tolstoy, even foresaw it. In "The Kingdom of God is Within You" (first published in 1894 in, of all places, Germany) Tolstoy notes the militarization by quoting an Italian named Enrico Ferri:<br /><br />"Modern Europe keeps under arms an active army of nine millions of men, besides fifteen millions of reserve, with an outlay of four hundred millions of francs per annum. By continual increase of the armed force, the sources of social and individual prosperity are paralyzed, and the state of the modern world may be compared to that of a man who condemns himself to wasting from lack of nutrition in order to provide himself with arms, losing thereby the strength to use the arms he provides, under the weight of which he will at last succumb."<br /><br />Tolstoy goes on to address his fellow Russians:<br /><br />"We, who have a simple love for men of foreign nationalities, Frenchmen, Germans, Americans, and Englishmen, who respect their qualities, are glad to meet them and make them so warmly welcome, cannot regard war with them as anything heroic. We cannot even imagine without horror the possibility of a disagreement between these people and ourselves which would call for reciprocal murder. Yet we are all bound to take a hand in this slaughter which is bound to come to pass."<br /><br />He finishes with this (wonderfully libertarian) sentiment:<br /><br />"AND WHAT IS MOST BEWILDERING IS THAT THE PEOPLE DO NOT RISE AGAINST THEIR GOVERNMENTS. FOR WHAT DIFFERENCE IS THERE BETWEEN MONARCHIES AND REPUBLICS? THE MOST BEWILDERING THING IS THAT THE WHOLE OF SOCIETY IS NOT IN REVOLT AT THE WORD WAR."C. Staytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18396087766472554582noreply@blogger.com