Putting Gaza on a Diet

[The Good Reverend Roger]

And then Nigel was a Black/Hispanic/Amerind/Welsh Nazi.   

SIEG HEIL!

This has given me a disturbing, yet ticklish, idea for a shoop.   

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Wow.

Yeah, basically. That kind of sums it up.

The real question is, how can this problem be solved without doing the same thing AGAIN?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

And then Nigel was a Black/Hispanic/Amerind/Welsh Nazi.   

SIEG HEIL!

This has given me a disturbing, yet ticklish, idea for a shoop.   

Oooh I await with glee!

[The Good Reverend Roger]

And then Nigel was a Black/Hispanic/Amerind/Welsh Nazi.   

SIEG HEIL!

This has given me a disturbing, yet ticklish, idea for a shoop.   

Oooh I await with glee!

I gotta get to my laptop.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Wow.

Yeah, basically. That kind of sums it up.

The real question is, how can this problem be solved without doing the same thing AGAIN?

I've already offered a solution to the Israel/Palestine crisis which would also reduce the amount of stupid in our own country.

[Cain]

The Robber's Cave experiment suggests one easy way to solve a two-sided conflict: give them a third party to fight against, together.

To this end, I suggest the USA invade and put Israel and the Occupied Territories under the sovereignty of the Vatican, and encourage the Nazi Pope to rule with an iron fist.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Wow.

Yeah, basically. That kind of sums it up.

The real question is, how can this problem be solved without doing the same thing AGAIN?

I've already offered a solution to the Israel/Palestine crisis which would also reduce the amount of stupid in our own country.

I don't think "kill everyone" will be an acceptable policy for most people...

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Wow.

Yeah, basically. That kind of sums it up.

The real question is, how can this problem be solved without doing the same thing AGAIN?

I've already offered a solution to the Israel/Palestine crisis which would also reduce the amount of stupid in our own country.

I don't think "kill everyone" will be an acceptable policy for most people...

Nope.  This one has more in common with a zombiepocalypse.

I can't do it justice right now.  I'll write it up properly tonight or tomorrow.

[Cain]

An actual Zombiepocalypse would probably work, too.

For some reason (which is far too tedious to explain) certain strategic studies and IR scholars have developed a bizarre fascination with zombies lately.  Maybe they spent some time away from their desks in the summer holidays and discovered Zombie Land or something.  Anyway, because they have grad students who will literally do anything to get good grades, they set up a Zombie World War Scenario, and let things play out.

Amazingly enough, most nations stopped giving a fuck about strategic positioning against other nations when fighting to survive against the zombie hordes.  Russia cooperated with China and the USA, Israel and the Arab states banded together...everyone put the petty bickering aside, even when the stakes were not that petty, and the bickering was previously done by nuclear-armed states.

Of course, this is just a variation on the Robber's Cave experiment, and strategic studies students tend towards rational self-preservation and maximizing strategies for survival...but I think the whole "zombie horde for the world to fight against" played a part, too.

[Sister Fracture]

Wow.

Yeah, basically. That kind of sums it up.

The real question is, how can this problem be solved without doing the same thing AGAIN?

I've already offered a solution to the Israel/Palestine crisis which would also reduce the amount of stupid in our own country.

I don't think "kill everyone" will be an acceptable policy for most people...

Nope.  This one has more in common with a zombiepocalypse.

I can't do it justice right now.  I'll write it up properly tonight or tomorrow.

I remember this. I loved that idea!

[Prince Glittersnatch III]

An actual Zombiepocalypse would probably work, too.

For some reason (which is far too tedious to explain) certain strategic studies and IR scholars have developed a bizarre fascination with zombies lately.  Maybe they spent some time away from their desks in the summer holidays and discovered Zombie Land or something.  Anyway, because they have grad students who will literally do anything to get good grades, they set up a Zombie World War Scenario, and let things play out.

Amazingly enough, most nations stopped giving a fuck about strategic positioning against other nations when fighting to survive against the zombie hordes.  Russia cooperated with China and the USA, Israel and the Arab states banded together...everyone put the petty bickering aside, even when the stakes were not that petty, and the bickering was previously done by nuclear-armed states.

Of course, this is just a variation on the Robber's Cave experiment, and strategic studies students tend towards rational self-preservation and maximizing strategies for survival...but I think the whole "zombie horde for the world to fight against" played a part, too.

This is why I cant wait until the Aliens come.
Only when faced with hideous insectoid invaders can we all truly come together as one big human family. 

[Adios]

An actual Zombiepocalypse would probably work, too.

For some reason (which is far too tedious to explain) certain strategic studies and IR scholars have developed a bizarre fascination with zombies lately.  Maybe they spent some time away from their desks in the summer holidays and discovered Zombie Land or something.  Anyway, because they have grad students who will literally do anything to get good grades, they set up a Zombie World War Scenario, and let things play out.

Amazingly enough, most nations stopped giving a fuck about strategic positioning against other nations when fighting to survive against the zombie hordes.  Russia cooperated with China and the USA, Israel and the Arab states banded together...everyone put the petty bickering aside, even when the stakes were not that petty, and the bickering was previously done by nuclear-armed states.

Of course, this is just a variation on the Robber's Cave experiment, and strategic studies students tend towards rational self-preservation and maximizing strategies for survival...but I think the whole "zombie horde for the world to fight against" played a part, too.

This is why I cant wait until the Aliens come.
Only when faced with hideous insectoid invaders can we all truly come together as one big human family. 

Fuck that. I don't have to outrun the invaders, just you.

[Requia ☣]

An actual Zombiepocalypse would probably work, too.

For some reason (which is far too tedious to explain) certain strategic studies and IR scholars have developed a bizarre fascination with zombies lately.  Maybe they spent some time away from their desks in the summer holidays and discovered Zombie Land or something.  Anyway, because they have grad students who will literally do anything to get good grades, they set up a Zombie World War Scenario, and let things play out.

Amazingly enough, most nations stopped giving a fuck about strategic positioning against other nations when fighting to survive against the zombie hordes.  Russia cooperated with China and the USA, Israel and the Arab states banded together...everyone put the petty bickering aside, even when the stakes were not that petty, and the bickering was previously done by nuclear-armed states.

Of course, this is just a variation on the Robber's Cave experiment, and strategic studies students tend towards rational self-preservation and maximizing strategies for survival...but I think the whole "zombie horde for the world to fight against" played a part, too.

This is why I cant wait until the Aliens come.
Only when faced with hideous insectoid invaders can we all truly come together as one big human family. 

Nah, aliens can be talked to, so you can be pretty sure that somebody will try to sell the world out to get influence with them.  The nice thing about zombies is that there's really only an option of shooting them or dying.

[Jasper]

Yeah, I'd really prefer it if humanity had a common enemy that couldn't be reasoned with.

[Phox]

Yeah, I'd really prefer it if humanity had a common enemy that couldn't be reasoned with.

I take it you aren't counting humanity as fitting that description?