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This is distinct from [[:category:armed conflicts|armed conflicts]], i.e. "shooting wars" (whether legally declared or not). | This is distinct from [[:category:armed conflicts|armed conflicts]], i.e. "shooting wars" (whether legally declared or not). | ||
| + | ==To Be Written== | ||
| + | * [[neoconservative]] projects: | ||
| + | ** the [[war on science]] | ||
| + | ** the [[war on competence]] (a [[Bush II administration]] house special) | ||
| + | * The fervor of religion-based anti-gay fervor might be termed a [[war on homosexuality]] (move the actively belligerent stuff from [[religion vs. homosexuality]]) | ||
| + | * the [[war on rationality]] – cf. [[Al Gore]]'s ''[[The Assault on Reason]]'' | ||
Revision as of 22:05, 3 September 2007
...are any kind of ideological/memetic conflict wherein a particular idea (meme) is under attack, such that the conflict can be described as a "war on" the idea in question.
This is distinct from armed conflicts, i.e. "shooting wars" (whether legally declared or not).
To Be Written
- neoconservative projects:
- the war on science
- the war on competence (a Bush II administration house special)
- The fervor of religion-based anti-gay fervor might be termed a war on homosexuality (move the actively belligerent stuff from religion vs. homosexuality)
- the war on rationality – cf. Al Gore's The Assault on Reason
Pages in category "Wars on"
The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.