Blog prompt 2
In your opinion, how has war evolved from the past to the present? Please use examples to justify your opinions.
In my opinion, war has changed progressively from the past to the present, in accordance to the advancements made by technology itself. As the world heads towards a technology based society, the use of society is much more prevalent in our present society. Technology is constantly progressing, to satisfy the bottomless hole that is Man's greed. In certain situations, Man's greed drives them to desire certain things, which they achieve by the simplest way possible, in Man's eyes -- war. In that case, they depend on technology, and use it in the wrong way, to destroy, and to annihilate, just to achieve Man's own selfish needs, not a care for others, just so long as they get what they want.
Even now, technology is advancing more rapidly along the road, which may lead to destruction, or lead in a circle, like Man's insatiable hunger. Technology, other than being used negatively in warfare and destruction, has also been used in the destruction of privacy -- very soon, no one would be able to upload something offensive online without enduring an onslaught of insults, or witnessing a campaign against him, growing ever bigger. These leaking information might be used against others or create conflicts; used to blackmail or threaten; to coerce and to suppress. Wars may even be started over the release of information. One example is the Cuban Missile Crisis. A full scale nuclear war was almost started due to the U.S. finding out about the intermediate range missile installations in Cuba. Luckily, the matter was resolved with no lasting repercussions.
In my opinion, war has changed progressively from the past to the present, in accordance to the advancements made by technology itself. As the world heads towards a technology based society, the use of society is much more prevalent in our present society. Technology is constantly progressing, to satisfy the bottomless hole that is Man's greed. In certain situations, Man's greed drives them to desire certain things, which they achieve by the simplest way possible, in Man's eyes -- war. In that case, they depend on technology, and use it in the wrong way, to destroy, and to annihilate, just to achieve Man's own selfish needs, not a care for others, just so long as they get what they want.
Even now, technology is advancing more rapidly along the road, which may lead to destruction, or lead in a circle, like Man's insatiable hunger. Technology, other than being used negatively in warfare and destruction, has also been used in the destruction of privacy -- very soon, no one would be able to upload something offensive online without enduring an onslaught of insults, or witnessing a campaign against him, growing ever bigger. These leaking information might be used against others or create conflicts; used to blackmail or threaten; to coerce and to suppress. Wars may even be started over the release of information. One example is the Cuban Missile Crisis. A full scale nuclear war was almost started due to the U.S. finding out about the intermediate range missile installations in Cuba. Luckily, the matter was resolved with no lasting repercussions.
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posted by Yoap Rui Hang at
7/22/2011 07:02:00 AM
2 Comments:
Other than weapons, is there any other change in war? The torture methods which has envolved? And also, is there any part of war which has not changed yet? For example, the people's mentality of war? The effects of war on people? Just some questions to ponder about... Thanks!
Hmm. I agree with Darrel. What are the changes. Not just the weapons but also consider the peoples' attitude and other major contributing factors that play a vital role in today's war.
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