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t1_jd9wy8v wrote

Reply to comment by in TIL of the Pig War, a border dispute between the US and the UK, around Vancouver Island (present-day Canada) and Washington State. The only casualty was a pig, owned by an Irish farmer, which was shot by an American farmer for eating his potatoes. Both countries deployed military troops. by

War isn't Hell. War is war, and Hell is Hell. And of the two, war is a lot worse.

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t1_jdbc3cv wrote

That's just a roundabout way of saying war is hell.

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t1_jdcyfug wrote

Yeah, but everyone in hell deserves to be there. Most victims of war are innocent.

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