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From: mroddy@enmasse.UUCP (Mark Roddy)
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Subject: Can't you people even read?
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Date: Wed, 23-Jan-85 11:35:59 EST
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[chomp]

[original statement: ]
> >>No, but our record is pretty damn good.  Think back and figure out
> >>when was the last time the world had fourty years without a major war
> >>(ie a confrontation of the world powers).

important words to try and retain in your mind :-}

 " world had fourty(sp) years without a major war (i.e. a confrontation
 of the world powers)"

[reply from the net:]
> 
> >The last time was the 100 year period from the Conference of Vienna to
> >WWI.  That peace was ended when people of unexceptional abilities came
> >to power simultaneously.

-now, this "peace" refers back to the "i.e. a confrontation of the world powers"
 
[rebuttal:]
> 
> OK, let's see what major wars we had since 1800:
> 	1804-1815	Napoleon vs. Europe

	Conference of Vienna ends Napoleonic Wars, Britain only major power
	left standing.

> 	1809		Sweden vs. Russia
> 	1810-1824	Latin America vs. Spain
> 	1839-1842	England vs. China
> 	1846-1847	U.S. vs. Mexico
> 	1853-1856	Turkey vs. Britain and France
> 	1862-1867	Prussia vs. Rest of Germany, Denmark, Austria
> 	1882-1884	Russia vs. Turkey
> 	1894-1895	China vs. Japan
> 	1898		U.S. vs. Spain
> 	1899-1902	England vs. South Africa
> 	1904-1905	Russia vs. Japan

	this is a list of wars either between G.B. and a minor power,
	or between minor powers. (refer back to "i.e. a confrontation of
	the world powers".

> 	1914-1918	Everybody vs. Everybody Else :-)

	Germany has unified and industrialized, discovers that G.B. owns
	everything worth owning, and ends up in WWI to try and change things.

> A real nice, stable peace, isn't it?

	Would you like a list of the wars from 1945 - 1985? would
	you like to call this a "nice stable peace?" Can you say
	"continual state of global conflict?"