I find it interesting that there have only been 6 posts to this thread, and yet people are rushing to respond to the threads about war, particularly the betting pool one.

How many people do you think would bother to watch the news if it reported good and happy events? We seem to have a bizarre fascination with disaster and tragedy.

Maybe it relates to some of the reasons that people like "depressing" songs (another popular thread).

One thing I couldn't help but notice in some of the war threads, was that some of the contributors get very argumentative. I have thought - no wonder we have wars! Even on this forum, it sometimes looks like a war in microcosm. Interesting, eh, but what does it all mean?

By the way, I received my Peace button in the mail. All the way down under! Cool!