Re: Many Things

On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 09:25:23AM +0200, KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de
wrote:
> Katie Lucas schrieb:
> > On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 02:28:41AM -0400, Adrian Johnson 
> > wrote: 
> > 
> > > Would the bombing of Serbia and Kosovo be considered a 
> > war?  It wasn't on the scale of the Gulf conflict, but I would think
> so... 
> >  NATO decided to beat on the Serbs to get them to do what NATO
> wanted.  
> > Pretty warish. 
> > > Canadian F18's were active again there, with live 
> > ordnance... 
> > 
> > I think warfare should reasonably need to include bullets 
> > going BOTH ways... 
> 
> I must say, this is a pretty peculiar definition of war. Especially if
> you see it from the people on the receiving end. What would you call a
> situation where bullets fly only one way ?

Depending on the circumstances: oppression, terrorism, manifest destiny
or just