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[onefamiliarface]

I was reading a little bit on World War 2 today, and it pushed my mind into all of those bodies that I could never possibly understand. This is not only because they have participated in events which I literally cannot fathom, but also because of how many lives were lost. The lives of people roughly my age or a little younger. A whole generation

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[onefamiliarface]

I just happened to pick nationality, religion, and certain resources out of a hat. The point is merely that I was originally arguing that wars are not caused by the undervaluing of human life (though that is involved). After your initial comment, I also added that, in my opinion, War is not rooted in biological causes.

So, as per this last response, I think we are basically arguing the same thing.

As to pipe smoking: No. No matter how many of my ancestors smoke, it does not put the desire to smoke in my blood. It may be as a result of something else in my blood (a tendency to enjoy stimulants or a predisposition to addiction. That is, of course, only in the case that these qualities favored my ancestors' ability to have more healthy offspring capable of survival. As a result, violent tendencies may be hard-coded into human genes, but War is not. That is an important distinction I was making after your first comment. So, namely, a predisposition to addiction may be in my genes, but Smoking a Pipe is not.

Finally, what I mean by "peace" alludes back to your comments on the Greeks being constantly at war. There is much war going on in the world, but for the first time in a long time (maybe ever), there are whole nations, areas, and even continents that have not known war on their land for a prolonged period of time. This notion was what first lead me down the road of contemplating all of this stuff: that, having lived my life entirely within the confines of peace, I cannot know what war is or is like. Anyway, on with the show.