Poll

What do you think is the greatest cause of war

Women2%2% - 4
Religon46%46% - 84
Land7%7% - 13
Status3%3% - 7
Money11%11% - 20
Resources17%17% - 31
Boredom2%2% - 4
Hunger1%1% - 2
Race1%1% - 3
Hot Pockets6%6% - 12
Total: 180
ssj3barua
Member
+55|6918|Indianapolis, IN, U.S.

=OBS= EstebanRey wrote:

ssj3barua wrote:

Religion, Islam has been the cuase of 95% of all the worlds conflicts.
WW1
WW2
Vietnam
Gulf War 1 (Kuwait)
Gulf War 2 (WMDs)
Falklands War
American Revolutionary War
Battle Of Waterloo
Battle of Hastings
100 Years War
etc, etc

In fact, I'm struggling to match that list with ones that have been caused by "Islam", Afghastan was very teniously I suppose.....
the conflicts you named make up about 1% of war. I not putting down Islam, I'm Muslim myself, Insha Allah
l41e
Member
+677|6877

Hot Pockets. (for the love of God DON'T put these idiotic options in, it's "Debate and Serious Talk" FFS)
tangoxmas44
Professional Noob
+4|7046|Temple,TX,USA

Friluftshund wrote:

Why isn't "power" in there?
Reasons to go to war are more complex than any of those choices..

But no war is fought over religion - do not ever believe it!
i think power fits in status. hot pockets cause war because everybody wants them and it leads to mass chaos, especially in the T'lavoija tribes of Africa.
Xietsu
Banned
+50|6786
You guys DO know that Hot Pockets are the leading cause of international hostilities? Such nooble cakes...didn't even know...

(P.S. ssj3barua, have any relatives in the Middle East? O_o)
ssj3barua
Member
+55|6918|Indianapolis, IN, U.S.

Xietsu wrote:

(P.S. ssj3barua, have any relatives in the Middle East? O_o)
Yes I do, in Egypt. Cairo to be exact
Xietsu
Banned
+50|6786
LoL. I spoke to a Cairoian (spellun?) before...Nomad--his alias here--to be exact (he saw wunnuhv muh posts here), about religion
SiMSaM16
Member
+48|6923|United States of America
Pride and selfishness werent on the list...
Exhile
Muffin
+10|6789
the red ball in my backyard
Cybargs
Moderated
+2,285|6945
well most wars in ancient time was defitnantly for land (romans and ghenkis khan), but now i think its more of reputation and power, and sometimes oil... ppl say bush invaded iraq for oil, bullshit. if he did then why are the oil prices increased over the past few years... jets, hummers, tanks and helicopters need oil... but gulf war 1 was about oil. there was a conspiracy theory that the US helped kuwait coz kuwait gave US oil for X numbers of years.
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-(PK)-DarkIllusion
Member
+1|7069
it really depends on a certain period of time..

Last edited by -(PK)-DarkIllusion (2006-06-11 22:34:41)

Friluftshund
I cnat slpel!!!
+54|6942|Norway

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:

well most wars in ancient time was defitnantly for land (romans and ghenkis khan), but now i think its more of reputation and power, and sometimes oil... ppl say bush invaded iraq for oil, bullshit. if he did then why are the oil prices increased over the past few years... jets, hummers, tanks and helicopters need oil... but gulf war 1 was about oil. there was a conspiracy theory that the US helped kuwait coz kuwait gave US oil for X numbers of years.
What the hell would Genghis Khan want with a bunch og desert?
And the Romans? the northern regions are cold, the southern regions are warm - being from the south I shouldt hink they didn't try a take-over of germania and brittain on account of its warm and sunny weather..

Nope - land leads to status which leads to power...

You mention the Gulf War (There has only been one - the other one was an invasion of one country) being because of oil, but the invasion isn't?
And as supportive argument you propose that the invasion has caused oil-prices to rise. Well, you can probably see the logic if you were the head of a nation that depends on oil very, very much - a dependence which won't go away anytime soon. You have a couple of options:
- You can deal with the countries producing oil and buy from them.
- You can produce yourself.
- You can invade and take the oil without paying for it.

If you can't produce enough by yourself you don't have a choice, you have to do business with someone. The problems arise if you think that the guy selling you oil might suddenly decide not to sell it anymore, end perhaps get some of his buddies to also stop selling you oil..
Then you have to invade...

Prices rise because of uncertainty in the market and most importantly because the suppliers can't produce enough oil thus the demand is greater than the supply - very much so infact.
This drives the price up. (which is a good thing for the countries producing and selling oil )
wrangler
Banned
+7|6759
I agree
VaNiSh
Banned
+18|6918
dont hate on hot pockets lol
PspRpg-7
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+961|6927

Hot pockets.
thanks_champ
Member
+19|6751

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:

ppl say bush invaded iraq for oil, bullshit. if he did then why are the oil prices increased over the past few years...
According to one conspiracy theory, the real culprits behind 9/11 actually attempted to bring oil rich Mexico into the "war on terrorism" with a botched terrorist attack on the Mexican Parliament building one month after 9/11. The motive - to induce Mexico into providing cheap oil to it's protective northern neighbour.
Zeon.
l33t sp33k Specialist
+159|6787|Behind j00OMFG HAX, Bristol UK
Loads of things but I voted for religion.

Resources (Oil etc.)
Money and freedom etc.
Cybargs
Moderated
+2,285|6945

thanks_champ wrote:

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:

ppl say bush invaded iraq for oil, bullshit. if he did then why are the oil prices increased over the past few years...
According to one conspiracy theory, the real culprits behind 9/11 actually attempted to bring oil rich Mexico into the "war on terrorism" with a botched terrorist attack on the Mexican Parliament building one month after 9/11. The motive - to induce Mexico into providing cheap oil to it's protective northern neighbour.
so the conspiracy is implying that theyve wasted a billion dollars worth of buildings and aircraft just to have some oil?
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SkoobyDu
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+120|6791|Cheshire, UK
Religion is the biggest cause of Wars ever.
dhoar4
Banned
+151|6765|Forest Lake, Australia
You forgot other...

SPAM!
thanks_champ
Member
+19|6751
No, it's implying that those responsible were trying to get Mexico to supply cheap oil for the war on terrorism, or the "war on Israels enemies" as it's referred to in this particular theory.

The gist of the conspiracy is that Zionists have hijacked the US by controlling the media and the pentagon (amongst other things), and deceived the US into using it's military to fight for their own goals.
znozer
Viking fool - Crazy SWE
+162|6774|Sverige (SWE)
War is now a produkt of "policing" ather stats
D00MSAYER
Member
+5|6911|Austria
voted for resources, because this will be number one reason in future.
Hellmoto
Member
+5|6927|Raufoss, Norway
Maybe earlier wars where started on status(land who beat other nations to get respect from other nations), but now a days I believe that the only thing that can start a really huge wars is a mixture of Religion and terror.

Religion: Example: A danish paper published a drawed picture of muhammed, and just like that every muslim had a reason to hate scandinavians. Even norwegian Red cross camps where attacked! Hello! Why cant they just publish a drawing of jesus instead?

Terror: the war in irak and afganistan(dont now how to write that in english) where started to get terrorists. Yeah yeah Saddam and all that crap! Oil and the war on terroism is my believe.
Manxman
Banned
+19|6866

VaNiSh wrote:

Select your choice and then post why you did
AMERICANS!!!!
NUMBER 1 REASON
j5f5ff
Member
+11|6979
Human nature.

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