Peace Turtle and Karma a re right. Newspapers have been very foolish in miniaturizing one of their prime attractions. And who’s losing circulation by the gobs?
@Nabu…Since when have social ‘wars’ like illiteracy, drugs and obesity ever been lost. Only the physical wars like the battles with terrorism and third world countries can be defined as won or lost. As long as people think social issues can be wrong the struggle will continue.
Read your Orwell folks. The omni-present war against an undefined threat or enemy. We never win these stupid ‘wars’ because you can’t fight ideas. And we never win either, for the same reason. Therefore we are in a perpetual state of crisis. It’s good for business and good for elections. 1984.
War on poverty. War on drugs. War on crime. War on illiteracy. Moral Equivalent Of War (MEOW) on our addiction to oil. War on taxes. War on spending. Class war. War on terror.
When your only tool is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. When your only tool is a war, everything looks like an enemy.
Oddly enough, the one place we don’t use the term “war” anymore is in the Department charged with fighting them; sometime after we won WWII the “War Department” changed its name to “Defense [sic] Department.” And even more oddly, we haven’t actually won a real war since then.
Sisyphos about 10 years ago
Peace Turtle and Karma a re right. Newspapers have been very foolish in miniaturizing one of their prime attractions. And who’s losing circulation by the gobs?
Observer fo Irony about 10 years ago
@Nabu…Since when have social ‘wars’ like illiteracy, drugs and obesity ever been lost. Only the physical wars like the battles with terrorism and third world countries can be defined as won or lost. As long as people think social issues can be wrong the struggle will continue.
Durak Premium Member about 10 years ago
Read your Orwell folks. The omni-present war against an undefined threat or enemy. We never win these stupid ‘wars’ because you can’t fight ideas. And we never win either, for the same reason. Therefore we are in a perpetual state of crisis. It’s good for business and good for elections. 1984.
puddleglum1066 about 10 years ago
War on poverty. War on drugs. War on crime. War on illiteracy. Moral Equivalent Of War (MEOW) on our addiction to oil. War on taxes. War on spending. Class war. War on terror.
When your only tool is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. When your only tool is a war, everything looks like an enemy.
Oddly enough, the one place we don’t use the term “war” anymore is in the Department charged with fighting them; sometime after we won WWII the “War Department” changed its name to “Defense [sic] Department.” And even more oddly, we haven’t actually won a real war since then.
Maybe the names we give things matter…
Tue Elung-Jensen about 10 years ago
“good ol´” yeaaah, right.
Observer fo Irony about 10 years ago
@prrdhJust as a side issue how much a calvary charges falls under the bean counters responsibilities and there would be considered a budget war.
celeconecca about 10 years ago
Peace turtle, please – this is a wide open invitation to visit EVERYWHERE at once. We need a lull!
Stephen Gilberg about 10 years ago
MythTickle does appear larger than most GoComics entries.
Weakstream about 10 years ago
And all in the name of , the God of Abraham, on both sides.
Anweir88 about 10 years ago
And, I’m gone. I wasn’t coming here for politics.
prrdh about 10 years ago
The Man He Killedby Thomas Hardy
Had he and I but met By some old ancient inn,We should have set us down to wet Right many a nipperkin!
But ranged as infantry,And staring face to face,I shot at him as he at me, And killed him in his place.
I shot him dead because—Because he was my foe,Just so: my foe of course he was; That’s clear enough; although
He thought he’d ’list, perhaps,Off-hand like—just as I—Was out of work—had sold his traps— No other reason why.
Yes; quaint and curious war is!You shoot a fellow downYou’d treat, if met where any bar is, Or help to half a crown.