Peace
 

What's the acceptable price for peace?

Please, interpret 'peace', 'acceptable', and 'price' as you like.

for whom?

$100 for a half and half?

for whom?
 

I leave you to define that.

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"$100 for a half and half?"

HA!

Sounds a bit cheap, but hey...

:rasta:

Sounds a bit cheap, but hey...
 

HA!

Is there a price for peace?

Is there a price for peace?
 

That depend entirely on how you interpret 'price' and 'peace'.

Two dollar - fifty.

fitty cent

Peace is being able to walk around without fear of being raped or murdered or caught in a bank robbery or a school shooting or being hit by a drunk driver or some punk-ass kid with a road vendetta who just broke up with his skank girlfriend or getting hit by drugwar crossfire or or or...

The price is the annihilation of the human race.

One nice, practical, definition for 'peace'...thanks.


But surely you mean, 'the annihilation of the human race' is the price for NOT having peace, yes?

it may well be the cost of having peace also

There will never be peace as long as there are pesky humans running around, and the complete lack of peace would result in the annihilation of the human race.

Therefore, peace is not possible except in the absence of humans. Sure, there might be a mutual chihuahua-mauling or something, but I don't expect animals with their instincts to have any understanding or influence on (my concept of) "peace."

Ah, got you!
 

;)

No, you didn't. :lol:

I stand corrected...
 

HA!

Would you take UG, classicman, merc, radar, and tw? That'll give us some peace around here. :stickpoke JUST KIDDING!

Peace cannot be purchased, at any price. Peace is not a normal state of affairs for monkeys, and if you attempt to purchase peace, all it means is that one side acts peaceful and the other side doesn't (Neville Chamberlain, may you rot in hell).

Monkeys are what monkeys are, and war is a part of all that. Who knows what the future holds for our species? Not I, but I DO know that whatever that future is, there will be war.

pssst...at least he didn't say Shawnee!

This is the correct answer, and stated far more effectively than my attempt.

Assumes facts contrary to existing evidence.

Humans have had the capacity to destroy themselves for 64 years, and have not had a year's peace in that time, yet they continue to infest the entire habitable world and Canada (apologies to HL Mencken).

Peace will only occur when we lose the need to get what we desire.

So never.

Wait. How about next week?

This is the correct answer
 

No. That was one answer, based on an interpretation of the terms involved.

Ok, how about the week after next?

My interpretation
 

acceptable = going rate
price = US dollars
peace = eggs

The answer is ~ $2.00 a dozen.

If you don't define the inputs, the outputs mean nothing. The current discussion is analogous to arguments over how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.

The current discussion is analogous to arguments over how many angels can dance on th
 

No. It's just the beginning of a goddamned conversation wherein folks are encouraged to offer interpretations. The hope: a lengthy enough thread will evolve away from the opening question and self-sustain based on the give and take of the participants.

However: you, and others, should feel free to shit within the thread as you like… ;)

Ok, next month and that is my final offer. Or when ever the Israeli's bomb Iran. Which ever comes first.

Poor henry, so misunderstood and abused.

Concepts like peace and price are difficult enough to discuss when you are trying to be as precise as possible. When you ask everyone to provide their own definitions, you have pretty much barred any productive discussion from occurring.

However, if that's your goal - have at it.

I was sorely tempted to use the turd smiley here as it was so explicitly called for, but managed to restrain myself.

No. Peace. :gray:

Why can't we give love one more chance?

Because it sticks to your face.

get bent
 

"Poor henry, so misunderstood and abused."

pffftt!

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"Concepts like peace and price are difficult enough to discuss when you are trying to be as precise as possible. When you ask everyone to provide their own definitions, you have pretty much barred any productive discussion from occurring."

I disagree.

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"I was sorely tempted to use the turd smiley here as it was so explicitly called for, but managed to restrain myself."

Please: don't repress yourself...let it all hang out.

you have pretty much barred any productive discussion from occurring
 

Seems to me that happens often here, not because opening questions or comments are too vague, but, because jackass-ry is the dominant disease.

*shrug*

Don't let The Man get you down, Henry.

goddamned hippy ;)
 

"Don't let The Man get you down, Henry"

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I think it is more a matter of vague questions get vague responses. You are trying to have an opened question discussion that really belongs in the philosophy thread. :2cents:

"You are trying to have an opened question discussion that really belongs in the philosophy thread"

You're probably right. Would some power that is, please, move this thread to the philosophy sub-forum?

Send a pm to bruce or UT.

The philosophy forum doesn't have a shield to guard against assholism.

I appreciate the topic. Maybe someone could have expounded on the comment I made about what peace would mean to ME? You know...what does it mean to YOU?

Anyone?

Guess we need a flowchart. Again.

Ok, how about this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mOEU87SBTU

That, to me, is actually a nice contribution. Remember when everyone was stoned and thought humanly peace was possible? :) Silly gooses.

it is done

There's your peace, Henry.

Peace?
 

When Russia's Doomsday Bomb goes off.:unsure:

Peace like everything else in the universe comes in pockets and incongrous bunches. There will never be a time when peace is spread throughout the earth, nor will there be a time when war consumes everything. Both will take up large swaths of space and time. It's the way of things.

my .02 cents.

But that's only, like, 1/50 of a cent.

What kind of exchange rate is that??????

.02 dollars = 2 cents

Man, this one never gets old:



"Well, I mean it's obviously a difference of opinion..."

STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE

Peace sounds boring. Imagine a world where everybody agreed wih everyone else...... I could live without the violence though. The rape, the war, the robbery..... but I can't imagine those happening unless everybody agreed with everyone else. I can put no price on peace because it's all or nothing and I don't want all and I don't want nothing....

Peace is lack of war, not lack of contention, nor lack of disagreement.

@ Clod: I am so utterly astounded every time I see that clip. Seriously, it's simple freaking math. I can't imagine how frustrated that guy must have been trying to explain it to TWO different people from verizon.

regjoe? Do you see the difference now?

I'm just sayin that my .02 Cents is worth $.02. I will admit that I did have a typo there to begin with. It was stoopid.

No, your .02 cents is worth $.0002.

Jebus, now I'm confused...is that even right?

edit: it wasn't. fixed.

No Justice!

'Peace' is not a concept limited to humanity. (last link pdf)

What will lead to peace:
. . . . The eventual heat death of the universe.