if we had no military who would stop boat people?

If we had no military ,
our wives,girlfriends , and females in general might all wear burqa's

going to the shops may require a flack jacket,


there would be confrontations with mungbeans all the time

FlySurfer said...
What if men were allowed to retire 5 years before women because men on average live 5 years less than women in Australia AND more of them die so they never even get to see their "super" rip off?...65 years and over: 0.84 male(s)/female
at birth: 1.055 male(s)/female

Don't men get to purchase annuities at better rates than women because of this?

FlySurfer said...

What if we had no military?

we'd be invaded?

I think what you meant to say was



and I agree...

not taking responsibility for the other ginger pom. She's not been at the last three Ranga Pom Society meetings because of something about an election.

What if all drugs were legal? ... I'd be tripping on 150µg of LSD and 20mg of 2ct7 instead of feeling dizzy on Dalwhinnie and dungeon weed.

What happened to this?

poor relative said...

FlySurfer said...

What if we had no military?

What would be more imaginative is what if there was no need for military?

We do need defence. Doesn't that mean we need military?

I heard an interesting snippet on the teev this evening. During the later stages of WW2 the Japanese planned a biological attack on San Diego. The Yanks got wind of it and sent a message to the Japanese war office telling them they were aware of the plan and they also knew where every member of the war office lived and threatened to attack each of them personally if they went ahead with their plan. The Japanese had a fleet of aircraft carrying submarines assembled at Panama and were all set to go. In the event the planned attack was abandoned and the fleet was sent on other duties.

I'm sure there are similar examples of finely targeted deterrence at work. It seems that if you have a cadre of clever boffins, a sophisticated reliable intelligence, and a bunch of sophisticated weapons you don't need a huge military.

If you don't have a huge military you can't invade and occupy other countries, and you don't have to spend as much moolah on defence. Its win win and win. The difficulty is that you can't know if your intelligence is adequate.

I guess intelligence would be a big part of our alliance with the Yanks. They get Pine Gap and they tell us of any threats presumably. The trouble with that is if you dance with the Devil you have to go where he goes. The kind of Realpolitik practised by successive governments in this country is morally challenged. Security is important but so is self respect. What was that phrase of Mau's, "running dog lackey"? He was a dreadful economist but he had a way with words.

I think I shall cast my vote for a government with a little more moral backbone and hope for the best.

I heard an interesting snippet on the teev this evening. During the later stages of WW2 the Japanese planned a biological attack on San Diego. The Yanks got wind of it and sent a message to the Japanese war office telling them they were aware of the plan and they also knew where every member of the war office lived and threatened to attack each of them personally if they went ahead with their plan. The Japanese had a fleet of aircraft carrying submarines assembled at Panama and were all set to go. In the event the planned attack was abandoned and the fleet was sent on other duties.

Notwal I think they were talking about a script with Mel Giboon, or young
Jamie Bond [allans son] but it was definite fantasy. ww2 jap aircraft capable of carrying Subs.?? That was the give away. Have you seen the midget sub that attacked Sydney [ mounted outside the war memorial Canberra]. I think they were pulling your leg Wal, and they did it good. Take a bex and have a lie down!!

FlySurfer said...

What if all drugs were legal? ... I'd be tripping on 150µg of LSD and 20mg of 2ct7 instead of feeling dizzy on Dalwhinnie and dungeon weed.

Acid.. sure!

2ct7.. Not so likely.

If drugs had been legal there'd be no such thing as 2c-t-7, because simply there'd be no need to synth new drugs to pass customs when you have perfectly good ones already.

It's funny how things work. They ban the not-so-neurotoxic drugs (e.g. MDMA) and open the market for the more harmful ones to circulate (e.g. 4-MMC)!

ginger pom said...

I don't know much about military strategy but I think what your describing is what bin laden does...

Perhaps big military isn't the answer to fight back

I don't know much about it either but it seems to me that the appropriate approach in defence against terrorism has more in common with police work and intelligence than with a huge military.

NotWal said...

ginger pom said...

I don't know much about military strategy but I think what your describing is what bin laden does...

Perhaps big military isn't the answer to fight back

I don't know much about it either but it seems to me that the appropriate approach in defence against terrorism has more in common with police work and intelligence than with a huge military.

Agreed (although I know SFU about military strategy)
It seems to me that the US spend a lot of effort (and $) to develop accurate weapons. ie missiles that can hit a target x big from y distance.
Just seems that if you go into a country that has been in some form of conflict (civil or otherwise) for a long time, then that particular battle ground is unlikely to be very 'target rich'. No point having accurate weapons if there are no targets to hit! Maybe one day, the same effort and $ could be used to help the right people and then help them help themselves?

no need to synthesise new chemicals when there are plenty of psychotropic/hallucinogenic goodies growing wild. look in your backyard or local bush reserve before you go scouring the internet for the latest concoction.

google salvinia dynorium.
leagal in some states in US!
There's a whole series of youtube videos of some guy trying to do stuff after smoking it.
funny!