Two Zen Generals

A Zen General was watching the battle. He became sick at heart, watching the opposing armies killing each other.
He jumped on his horse, rode to the other army's camp, and burst into his counterpart's tent, drawing his sword and
holding it to the throat of the other Zen General. He said: "We must stop this senseless slaughter!!" The other Zen General
flicked his sword aside with his fan, saying: "A snowflake on a burning stove."