tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637697413373553380.post6551718570589829406..comments2023-09-24T00:04:50.665-07:00Comments on Conspiracy Factory: Peace is Dangerous - wait, WTF?The Facticianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09982867322659167014noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637697413373553380.post-83818095623573601482007-11-26T09:06:00.000-08:002007-11-26T09:06:00.000-08:00Body counts have little to nothing to do with the ...Body counts have little to nothing to do with the worthiness and justification for any war. Statistics like this also minimize the individual lives lost. Some wars are just and worthy (WWII, Afghanistan, Civil War, the first Gulf War,) others are not, like Iraq, for example. When a nation of people are lead in to a war, like lemmings, under false pretenses, where not even the leaders of the Karlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11508555524383135538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637697413373553380.post-52525008926394957392007-10-13T06:14:00.000-07:002007-10-13T06:14:00.000-07:00Morality points. Perfect! I love it! And we can...Morality points. Perfect! I love it! And we can apply this at home. If you put a seatbelt on your child, you can morally smack them at home, because you've saved their life! ;)The Facticianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09982867322659167014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637697413373553380.post-66371076247187004352007-10-12T07:32:00.000-07:002007-10-12T07:32:00.000-07:00No,no, no!!! You are totally missing the point!By ...No,no, no!!! You are totally missing the point!<BR/><BR/>By making the military safer, with respect to accidents, we get to build up Morality Points. The argument that Red State is making is, in essence, that if we make all the soldiers wear seat belts (that alone accounts for most of the decrease in death due to accident rate, plus airbags and such) then we can build up morality points and use Greg Ladenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03973115018538144984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637697413373553380.post-43777380004984190822007-10-11T12:50:00.000-07:002007-10-11T12:50:00.000-07:00Aniko,Yes. That's part of the problem (sorry if I...Aniko,<BR/><BR/>Yes. That's part of the problem (sorry if I wasn't clear). Yes, they're comparing a larger to a smaller military. But that's not the whole story. Today's military is about 65% of the size of the military in 1980. Accidental deaths are about 35% of what they were in 1980. So fewer troops is not the whole story in terms of the decrease in deaths, but it's part of it.<BR/><BR/>The Facticianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09982867322659167014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637697413373553380.post-69544838637434938152007-10-11T12:31:00.000-07:002007-10-11T12:31:00.000-07:00I think you might have left out another important ...I think you might have left out another important factor: did the overall size of the US military change since 1980? The high number of accidental deaths might be driven in part by a larger number of people.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204979010660671427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637697413373553380.post-57283067642744753982007-10-05T09:40:00.000-07:002007-10-05T09:40:00.000-07:00Fantastic post!!Fantastic post!!Quixiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03126711689901268060noreply@blogger.com