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“The irritated people”은 레이 브래드버리(Ray Bradbury)가 쓴 SF 단편 소설로 1947년에 처음 출판되었다.
1989년, Charles Crossley는 Tri-Union(유럽 연합)과 미국 간의 비공식적인 전쟁을 시작한다.전쟁은 직접적인 폭력 없이 서로를 괴롭히는 방식으로 진행된다. 미국은 confetti 폭격과 대규모 피크닉으로, Tri-Union은 반복되는 음악 방송으로 대응한다.
양측은 점점 더 창의적인 방법으로 상대방을 괴롭히는데…
이 "전쟁"은 직접적인 폭력 없이 심리적 전술만으로 승리를 거둔 독특한 사례가 되는 내용이다.


“The irritated people” is a science fiction short story written by Ray Bradbury and first published in 1947.
In 1989, Charles Crossley starts an unofficial war between the Tri-Union (European Union) and the United States. The war is carried out by harassing each other without direct violence. The United States responds with confetti bombings and mass picnics, and Tri-Union responds with repeated music broadcasts.
Each side harasses the other in increasingly creative ways...
This "war" is a unique case of victory through psychological tactics without direct violence.

Summary
Charles Crossley, President of American Jet-Propelled Ships, felt himself spread-eagled in his favorite living room chair. The voice on the televisor moaned. Europe. Crossley twitched. Secret atomic factories. Crossley jerked. Semi-dictatorships. Crossley sweated. Political pressures. War. Crossley writhed.
His wife shut the televisor off indignantly. "Nonsense!" She stared at her limp husband.

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