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"War": the very first social activity in which more than two human beings have been seriously involved. Since the beginning of time, an uncountable number of "wars" has been performed but, in broad terms, we can safely affirm that they were all conducted in accordance to a similar path or structure. Such a scheme can be exemplified as follows:

a) there are 2 groups of people, Group 1 and Group 2;
b) Group 1 and 2 members entertain friendly relationships: they phone each other, have picnics, exchange regularly conventional and nuclear weapons;
c) at a certain point in time Group 1 realises that Group 2 owns something which could be beneficially transferred to itself;
d) Group 1 kindly asks;
e) Group 2 kindly refuses;
f) Group 1 decides that it never really liked Group 2;
g) Group 1 draws (blackmails) other groups into the same negative feeling towards Group 2, giving birth to “The Alliance”;
h) "The Alliance" starts insulting Group 2 and, should it have any left, its friends;
i) if Group 2 still refuses to accept the transferral (see point c), "The Alliance" sends soldiers (purposely trained human beings), missiles (specifically designed mechanical devices) and Red Cross nurses (?) to produce as much physical and moral damage as possible to Group 2;
j) the bigger the disproportion between "Alliance" and Group 2, the shorter "war" is going to be;
k) "war" is usually followed by Group 2 destroyed premises reconstruction, normally (and inexplicably) at the "Alliance" expenses.

Nowadays it is generally accepted that "war" is an uncivilised activity, thus to be avoided.
Among the major benefits achievable by virtue of the absence of "war", the following are worth mentioning:

1. removal of widespread suffering among losers and winners alike;
2. immediate disappearance of pacifist organisations due to patent lack of purpose;
3. CNN airtime reduction to half an hour a week.

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