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Re: Burning The Qu'ran - September 23rd 2010, 03:19 AM

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Well it was partially a joke and also serious. You see millions of jobs rely on the weapons industry, if there were no wars, ever, then anyone in the military would be out of work (upwards of 3 million Americans). Then counter-terrorism, small arms, military research, most of the aerospace industry, Nasa, etc. Alll or nearly all gone. War brings about developments in technology, especially medicine and electronics. We need war to keep the economy moving.
That's actually a really good point, sadly. However I think that we could have more tolerance among regular people and we can leave intolerance to the politicians, after all they are so good at it.


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