"War is Not The Only Place…" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 27 Apr 2020 11:28 a.m. PST |
You were asked to decide – TMP link George S. Patton once wrote:War is the only place where a man really lives. True or false? 70% said "false"
12% said "true" |
| Major Bloodnok | 28 Apr 2020 11:39 a.m. PST |
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| Blutarski | 28 Apr 2020 12:55 p.m. PST |
Of the 70 pct who disagreed with the general, do we know how many have actually have fought in a war? Just curious. B |
| Slow Oats | 28 Apr 2020 4:55 p.m. PST |
I'm not sure it's relevant Blutarski. To me, the quote fails as soon as you apply it to someone like Leonardo da Vinci. You mean to tell me that man never "really lived?" |
| Robert le Diable | 28 Apr 2020 7:33 p.m. PST |
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| Henry Martini | 29 Apr 2020 2:50 a.m. PST |
War is a social condition, not a place. |
| Robert le Diable | 30 Apr 2020 11:43 a.m. PST |
Patton was a soldier, not a Philosopher (or would it be something like "philologist", "linguist", even "lexicographer"?). Good point, certainly. I suspect he was speaking/writing of what would now be termed "an adrenaline rush"; wonder if he was at all keen on gambling? |
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