Q of the Week: World Peace?

[Leon]

I've just been looking through our catalogue, and was wondering whether there had ever been a point where there wasn't a war taking place somewhere in the world?  And without getting too bogged down in political stuff, will it ever happen, or will there always be minor conflicts going on?

[Leon]

Also just been looking at this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_wars, and found this one:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Hundred_and_Thirty_Five_Years%27_War      

[Sandinista]

This is subject that will only ever get bogged down in political stuff 

[Raider4]

I so thought that this was going to be a Miss Congeniality thread ...

Cheers, Martyn

[nikharwood]

Martyn, allow me:

And this one's real  

She is pretty though, eh 

[SV52]

Heard a stat a long time ago that since the beginning of recorded time, there has only been true peace for a total of 40 years.  Depressing or good news for Wargaming 

[Raider4]

Martyn, allow me:

Brilliant, thanks Nik.

I'm not normally into US comedies, but this one does make me chuckle. Shatner & Caine are brilliant, and there's plenty of good quotes in it to.

"We'll be right back with our final five lesbians"

Cheers, Martyn

[Luddite]

I've just been looking through our catalogue, and was wondering whether there had ever been a point where there wasn't a war taking place somewhere in the world?  And without getting too bogged down in political stuff, will it ever happen, or will there always be minor conflicts going on?

Depends what you mean by 'war' i suppose.

There has been 'inter-community conflict/violence' as long as there have been humans.  There has never been a point in human history where there hasn't been such conflict taking place.

As to wether it will ever happen in the future?  I can't see it.  'Its in our nature to destroy ourselves', to misquote the movies; but additionally the world is set up to guarantee conflict at the moment...all that 'Military-industrial complex' stuff (check out Bob Dylan's 'Masters of War'

)...

[Gunfreak]

A Fan of star trek I belive the world will be peacefull one day, but only after we exploe space and find Romulans, until that time, there is gonna be war, atleat until we get rid of some warcausing problems

[Dave Fielder]

In the words of that famous intergalatic space peace man, Capt James T Kirk of the Starship Enterprise ... "We come in peace, shoot to kill".

When we haven't been at war, we have been practising for it.