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If you are going to send people to invade other country,
wouldn't it be fair to ask the people if we should invade?
Serval
http://www.servalproject.org/
[swimswim, Nov 08 2011]
Ask the people
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_at_War
[mouseposture, Nov 09 2011]
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Thus making the category other: [general] vaguely appropriate? |
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Once a deployable Serval-like ad-hoc wireless
mesh network is running widely, and once we get this
e-voting thing to work (securely), then sounds good. |
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Are you asking the invading people, or the invadee
people? |
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No true Scotsman would vote against the invasion. |
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Well, you send in the army, which topples the dictator and re-establishes free speech, then you ask the citizens ... point taken. |
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[21Q], see the Serval link and my anno above. |
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Aw but I want to invade right now. |
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I say bomb 'em, drop aid packages then shower the countryside with ballots. |
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How about combining the bomb and the relief packages in one easy to drop shell? So it blows up the bad guys, then a second charge blows aid packages all over the place, sort of like a pinata. |
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Scotland is being invaded again? Why weren't my people
contacted? Our rates are still very reasonable. |
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Less than one invasion per century? You call that a
reasonable rate? |
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It's possible that this idea is baked - in theory - in the USA. I'm not by any means an expert, but to invade a nation that has not carried out acts of war against, or declared war on, the USA may be unconstitutional and unlawful, and therefore require the explicit consent of the citizens in the form of a referendum. |
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Certain former shrub-like presidents' actions notwithstanding. |
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// Less than one invasion per century? You call that a
reasonable rate? // |
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You misunderstand. My people have a long and proud
history of employment as mercenaries in the British Isles,
and I was simply stating that we are currently available for
hire and that our fees are quite low. For territorial
invasion, for instance, we often work on commission. |
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// Certain former shrub-like presidents' actions
notwithstanding. // |
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He wasn't our president. He may have sat in the chair and
pretended to do the job, but we didn't put him there. |
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//wouldn't it be fair// No. Screw "fair." I want them to P their pants when they see us coming. But if you still want to be really nice about it, leave a complimentary dinner mint on their hospital pillow on your way out. (and, what [doctorremulac3] said...) |
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oh, that's right, you're from Maine [Alterother]. |
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I've been pushing it recently on some ideas, so
reluctant to throw stones, but is this really
anything
that belongs on the HB? Is it possibly new in any
meaningful way? |
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I mean Fat Joe for President to make it rain makes
sense (and was MFDd). What's this? |
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// Is it possibly new in any meaningful way? // |
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A small child lobbed a large rock (with impressive accuracy) at my head the other day. |
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His feelings are apparent... |
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I'm not exactly thrilled to be here either. |
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The unpopulated areas, however are breath-takingly gorgeous. |
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make war and love. but don't vote. |
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/So it blows up the bad guys, then a second charge blows aid packages all over the place, sort of like a pinata./ |
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I like this bomb / care package combination. A tertiary charge could also strew ballots about. Because /shower the countryside with ballots/ could give rise to a terrible misunderstanding, when you are talking to folks whose business is shooting big guns. |
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