tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213262.post7742773103370458831..comments2024-03-25T07:29:08.216-04:00Comments on 2 Political Junkies: Veterans Day Repost - From 2011 and 2006Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10439330154875628083noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213262.post-83583157305647939622012-11-11T11:03:57.221-05:002012-11-11T11:03:57.221-05:00Maybe our information interconnectedness (if that ...Maybe our information interconnectedness (if that is even a word) will eventually convince us that the costs of war outweigh any perceived initial benefit. <br /><br />But then I think of the wisdom of Douglas Adams. He posited the existence of the "babel fish", a creature that instantly translates everything everybody to each other. In a throwaway line, Adams says (I paraphrase from memory) that in so doing, the babel fish was/is the cause of more and bloodier wars. EdHeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09109361235271107574noreply@blogger.com