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War Is Great Waste

Posted on June 22, 2025 by Steve Simms

War is a great waste of human life, wealth, and resources. It is humanity’s biggest failure. War is a great waste.It is built and basedOn terrible crueltyYet some people make hasteTo spread and to tasteThe hell of its horror. It’s … Continue reading →

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The Meaningless Cruelty of War

Posted on April 7, 2024 by Steve Simms

Materiality without meaning is merely mechanics. Science by explaining how things work but not why they exist, allows humanity to manipulate matter but can give us no purpose for our being alive. A sense of meaninglessness makes humans feel insecure. … Continue reading →

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The war alphabet

Posted on March 22, 2022 by Steve Simms

War awful-betizes everything it touches. This simple awful-bet can reduce the appetite for war. Let all politicians, soldiers, and ordinary citizens memorize it and wear it as a badge. War is: Atrocious Brutal Cruel Demonic Evil Failure Gory Hell Insanity … Continue reading →

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War’s off target. Bombs away from cities!

Posted on March 8, 2022 by Steve Simms

Artillery, bombs and missilesSound like whistlesAs their thistlesRip the lifeFrom people. Bombs away!Away from babies,Mothers and children.Blow up weapons,Not people. Cities are built for people, not for bombardment. Shameful brutality is often called patriotic during war. War’s off target. It … Continue reading →

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What’s war about? Wipeout!

Posted on March 7, 2022 by Steve Simms

War’s completely unfair. The people who start it Send some people to kill While they stay in safety. Some people are killed. Some lose family members. Many just stay home. And watch it on the news. Some even make money … Continue reading →

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As Putin ponders martial law, remember that “Might makes right,” is an irrational statement

Posted on March 4, 2022 by Steve Simms

War is human-hunting season. Perhaps we should shut it down. The human mind has developed many astounding things, but as yet has failed to develop and regularly implement an effective alternative to war. War is irrational. “Let’s break into armies … Continue reading →

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The Russians are helping me pull the trigger on antiwar thoughts

Posted on March 1, 2022 by Steve Simms

If you speak Against war While your Nation’s involved, Your freedom of speech Isn’t appreciated. The cruelty ofRussian soldiersInvading UkraineOpens a windowTo speak against war. The painOf UkraineIs exposingWar’s cruel woundsFor the whole worldTo see. The screen shotOf a Russian … Continue reading →

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Puttin’ war in perspective (prompted by Putin’s war)

Posted on February 25, 2022 by Steve Simms

Let your war cry Be weeping For people being killed, Not a clamor To kill more people. Since I was a little boyWar has made me cryAnd wonder whyWe denyOur shared humanity. Bayonet isSuch a pretty wordBut its definitionStabs me … Continue reading →

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War’s “rat-a-tat-tat”

Posted on February 20, 2022 by Steve Simms

All’s unfair in warfare.Here’s the deal.It all depends on peopleObeying orders to kill. Combat isCompetitiveCruelty.Bombardment isMercilessBlasting. War is hating And killing people Based on their nationality. It’s compassionless Irrationality. War is portrayed As kill or be killed, But it’s really … Continue reading →

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More humble thought could mean fewer wars fought

Posted on August 29, 2021 by Steve Simms

War fightsViolence with violence,Destruction with destruction,Killing with killing. War enragesAnd engagesThe worst phasesOf humanity. War weaponizes,Dehumanizes,And trivializesHuman life. War villainizesAnd demonizesPeopleTo make it easierTo kill them. Compassion is humanity’s most underutilized weapon. War is deceptive. It’s cruelty and chaos confuse … Continue reading →

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