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What are some fun and interesting alternatives to war that countries could settle their differences with?

Posted - September 12, 2017

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  • 5354
    Sports competitions.

    A game of Crazy 8.

    A pair of dice.

    Russian Roulette played by the 2 Heads of State involved (If the issues  between them are not serious enough for both of,them to play willingly warfare is out)

    Alas, all this entirely ignore terrorism and 5th column activities.

    This post was edited by JakobA the unAmerican. at September 13, 2017 7:21 PM MDT
      September 12, 2017 5:40 PM MDT
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  • 6124
    1. Instead of guns, I think each soldier should be given a large feather.  They should then line up, naked, each army facing the other and, at the agreed upon signal, they tickle each other.  The first person to fall down in hysterics loses the fight for his/her country.

    2. Pie eating contest.

    3. Tug of war.

    4. Potato sack race.

    5. Egg on a spoon race.

    6. Dodgeball.
      September 12, 2017 5:50 PM MDT
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  • 2658
    Shooting marbles...
      September 12, 2017 7:26 PM MDT
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  • 591
    Have the heads of states at the vanguard of any battle, this is not an alternative to war but it would greatly reduce the number of wars.
      September 12, 2017 7:41 PM MDT
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  • 2327
    There isn't any. John Lennon as much as I liked the dude is wrong. Peace doesn't work. It's okay to fulfill your side of the bargain, but if an other country sees it as a sign of weakness, they will take advantage of you. That's the way the world works. Dog-eat-dog. It's nature. 

      September 12, 2017 8:21 PM MDT
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  • 591
    The person that defines what a country is, is the one who should be in the vanguard of any conflict over a line on a map. We all come from this world, it is our world, we must all live in this world regardless of political/religious lines on maps.
      September 13, 2017 2:23 AM MDT
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