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 leaps and bounds 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. As man hungers to make things to provide convenience for themselves, technology is developed to meet the seemingly insatiable appetite of man. On the other side of things, when man have conflicts with one another, technology is used in the wrong way - to combat one another. No matter how sharp a sword is, its ability is entirely dependent on the way its wielder decides to use it, just like how human have used technology for warfare, leading to the evolvement of war from the past to the present.
Adapting from the article, "This time its different", technology has allowed information, be it good or bad, to be spread across the country, across the world, into all our ears. When this happens, warfare becomes increasingly intense. With external sources with different information coming from all directions, the people are easily influenced. An excellent example would be the case of the Middle East war happening right now. The situation that was initially regarded as a minor conflict within Tunisia led to many different Middle East countries rebelling as well. Why? Because technology made it all possible. Social networks transmit information faster than anyone can imagine a few decades ago and certainly, war rises faster than we can imagine.
But we should not neglect the fact that the nature of war remains unchanged, and shall remain unchanged till the end of time. War starts because of hatred, and yet, it breed hatred itself. It is a never ending cycle, where hatred cause war and the hatred caused by war starts another war. The idea of a world free of wars is indeed superficial and unreachable to us right now, but let us work towards that target, no matter how long it takes, no matter how arduous the road is, lets hold on till the end, with hands held together.
But we should not neglect the fact that the nature of war remains unchanged, and shall remain unchanged till the end of time. War starts because of hatred, and yet, it breed hatred itself. It is a never ending cycle, where hatred cause war and the hatred caused by war starts another war. The idea of a world free of wars is indeed superficial and unreachable to us right now, but let us work towards that target, no matter how long it takes, no matter how arduous the road is, lets hold on till the end, with hands held together.
I also think the problem is that the generations in the past and the generations in the present, with the aid of technology, the young people have no fear to express their discontent and thus results in many heated arguments.
ReplyDeleteWars can affect a lot of generations of people and the country itself would take decades to recover from the bhrutality and damage caused by the foreign invaders. As jack said, War is a cycle and it can only breed hatred which would lead to more hatred that's why after wars have supposedly ended, the real war still continues .
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I dont quite get what you mean by saying that technology is used wrongly in war. Firstly, there are certain fields of technology that are specifically targeted at war or rather in more humane terms "defense purposes" (inverted comers are not accidental). Such things like artillery and tanks are made for wars, and its not wrong to boost your own nation's ability to protect itself from external threats. Secondly and lastly, what about technological advancements like the discovery of bromine in the American Civil War? This is definitely not wrong. Bromine is a an antiseptic that is now widely used for pharmaceutical purposes. Another example is the better technology used for amputations and wound treating, which is also not wrong. Wrong or right depends on what it is used for, i agree with that, but there are more things to consider besides that.
ReplyDeleteWar has not changed but now it is started with higher stakes and higher risks .But the point that war is started by hatred is still the case even now.But as Tiet Gan stated war has also certainly caused the world to have more advancements in technology in each field such as the nuclear bomb that was invented which turned the tide in WW2.
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