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The World is on Fire

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boomerang said:
That would have been my guess too but see post #11.
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Must have been too stoned and oblivious as to what going on around him. I grew up during the same time frame and remember plenty of bad things going on back then. Then learned about some of them first hand when I served in the US Navy from 1978 to 1990.
 
I remember a history prof of mine saying something to the effect that the period of time starting from the end of WW2 until now has seen more armed conflicts than any other. They may not be as large scale as some of the wars of the past but the number of conflicts is up significantly. This was in the early 2000's so before the arab spring even.
 
bradly1101 said:
What's the most common denominator in all this? The gun.
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Nope. The common denominator is people.

60,669,200-84,589,300[citation needed] – World War II (1939–1945), (see World War II casualties)
30,000,000–60,000,000 – Mongol conquests (1206–1324)[1][2][3][4] --- may be underestimated
25,000,000 – Qing dynasty conquest of Ming Dynasty (1616–1662)[5]
20,000,000 – Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864)[6] --- may be underestimated
20,000,000 – Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) [7]
16,563,868-40,000,000 – World War I/Great War[citation needed] (1914–1918) (see World War I casualties)
13,000,000 - An Lushan Rebellion (755–763)[8] --- may be underestimated
7,500,000 – Chinese Civil War (1927–1949)[9]
7,000,000–20,000,000 – Conquests of Tamerlane (1370–1405)[10][11]
5,000,000–9,000,000 – Russian Civil War and Foreign Intervention (1917–1922)[12]
3,500,000–6,000,000 – Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) (see Napoleonic Wars casualties)
3,000,000–11,500,000 – Thirty Years' War (1618–1648)[13]
2,500,000–5,400,000 – Second Congo War/Great War of Africa (1998–2003)[14][15][16][17]
2,000,000–4,000,000 – French Wars of Religion (Huguenot Wars) (1562–1598)[18]
2,000,000 – Shaka's conquests (1816–1828)[19]
1,200,000[20] – Korean War (1950–1953)
800,000-3,800,000[21] – Vietnam War/Second Indochina War (1955–1975) [22][23]
1,000,000–2,000,000 – Mexican Revolution (1910–1920)[24]
1,000,000 – Iran–Iraq War/First Persian Gulf War (1980–1988)[25]
1,000,000 – Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)[26]
 
zanejohnson said:
it's not quite.......golfing in flames yet....but it's close

and it's officially my birthday now..................so ..... fire and brimstone, old testament style!!
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Happy birthday. Hope you wanted fire . . .

IronWing said:
Nope. The common denominator is people.

60,669,200-84,589,300[citation needed] – World War II (1939–1945), (see World War II casualties)
30,000,000–60,000,000 – Mongol conquests (1206–1324)[1][2][3][4] --- may be underestimated
25,000,000 – Qing dynasty conquest of Ming Dynasty (1616–1662)[5]
20,000,000 – Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864)[6] --- may be underestimated
20,000,000 – Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) [7]
16,563,868-40,000,000 – World War I/Great War[citation needed] (1914–1918) (see World War I casualties)
13,000,000 - An Lushan Rebellion (755–763)[8] --- may be underestimated
7,500,000 – Chinese Civil War (1927–1949)[9]
7,000,000–20,000,000 – Conquests of Tamerlane (1370–1405)[10][11]
5,000,000–9,000,000 – Russian Civil War and Foreign Intervention (1917–1922)[12]
3,500,000–6,000,000 – Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) (see Napoleonic Wars casualties)
3,000,000–11,500,000 – Thirty Years' War (1618–1648)[13]
2,500,000–5,400,000 – Second Congo War/Great War of Africa (1998–2003)[14][15][16][17]
2,000,000–4,000,000 – French Wars of Religion (Huguenot Wars) (1562–1598)[18]
2,000,000 – Shaka's conquests (1816–1828)[19]
1,200,000[20] – Korean War (1950–1953)
800,000-3,800,000[21] – Vietnam War/Second Indochina War (1955–1975) [22][23]
1,000,000–2,000,000 – Mexican Revolution (1910–1920)[24]
1,000,000 – Iran–Iraq War/First Persian Gulf War (1980–1988)[25]
1,000,000 – Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)[26]
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Yep. But hey, hacking each other to pieces with swords and axes was so much more civilized.

Londo_Jowo said:
Ahhhhh all of this was just another way to end up with yet another an anti-gun thread.
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Which is doubly ironic since he specifically quotes China (disarmed populace) and Africa (home of machete murders and necklacing) and America (where crime is down and has been steadily declining.)
 
Dman8777 said:
I remember a history prof of mine saying something to the effect that the period of time starting from the end of WW2 until now has seen more armed conflicts than any other. They may not be as large scale as some of the wars of the past but the number of conflicts is up significantly. This was in the early 2000's so before the arab spring even.
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We and your prof. are in a severe minority here. Therefore we're failures at life, and/or stoned or are too young and immature to play with the big boys that the interwebs are full of.
 
bradly1101 said:
We and your prof. are in a severe minority here. Therefore we're failures at life, and/or stoned or are too young and immature to play with the big boys that the interwebs are full of.
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Maybe you could present facts to support your position. A person born within twenty years of the end of WWII aught to be aware that worse things have happened in the past than are happening today. This in no way diminishes the horrors of today. All wars are terrible.
 
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IronWing said:
Maybe you could present facts to support your position. A person born within twenty years of the end of WWII aught to be aware that worse things have happened in the past than are happening today. This in no way diminishes the horrors of today. All wars are terrible.
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I meant (and said) in my memory since the late '60s. It was more widespread back then?
 
bradly1101 said:
I don't remember a time when it seemed like there was so much bloodshed in the world. Could it be just a result of the intersection between a bunch of really pissed-off people and the saturation of the market by arms makers? If that's true I don't like how the future's looking.
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You must be fricken young because the world has always been like this. Vietnam war in the 60s/70s? Soviet invasion in Afghanistan in the 80s? Civil war in former soviet block countries in the 90s? I won't even bother going back into the world war eras.
 
zephyrprime said:
You must be fricken young because the world has always been like this. Vietnam war in the 60s/70s? Soviet invasion in Afghanistan in the 80s? Civil war in former soviet block countries in the 90s? I won't even bother going back into the world war eras.
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Don't forget Pol Pot/Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and Idi Amin in Uganda in the 70's.

OP claims to begun having interest in the late 60's yet can't remember the deaths of millions at the hands of evil dictators.
 
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