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Thursday, March 8, 2012

Who Should Win the War?

Can war be justifiable?  Is an offensive war okay?  These are questions I am not going to answer in this blog.  I'm still trying to figure out a way to convince my son war is not won by capturing the flag (thanks Animaniacs).
 I have two kids who have asked for my opinion on who would win another type of war.  A war that has not started but has been planned out.  Quite frankly, I'm stumped.  Perhaps you can help.  Abby and Ethan spent all night drawing up their plans.  Note exhibit A:




 This is Ethan's battle plan:
 Black: Rifle Men
Brown: Tanks
Purple: Elite Troops
Yellow: Chain Guns
Red: Flame Throwers
Blue: Bomber Planes
Green: Canons

And Exhibit B:


This is Abby's Plan: 
Purple: Blueberries
Blue: Police Officers
Silver: Knights
Pink: Berries
Brown: Mud Pies
Yellow: Sun
Orange: Lava
Peach: Fireman
(She was going to have another color which she said was going to represent "daddy" but she must have forgotten)

How am I to choose who would win?  I mean, on the one hand, Ethan has a lot of fire power.  But he has positioned them randomly.  There is no order.  Abby's is very orderly but I'm not sure how she plans on obtaining a sun.  Actually, 8 suns.  Ethan says having suns is cheating.  I do, however, admire her Ode to the Heroes.  I mean, she has knights, firemen and policemen.  

At the end of the day I guess I would have to side with Abby.  To be honest, I think she had me at mud pies.   What do you think?