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Originally Posted by The_Jazz
With 7,000,000,000 of us? No. Sorry. If we magically stopped all war today, I'm sure a new one would spring up very quickly. There are just too many motivating factors.
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Translation: The_Jazz gives up. I keep getting this message from people. War is a reality, deal with it. Sorry, but no thanks. I'm not interested in unbacked statements about the nature of man being unchangeable. What if this is possible, but it's never been done for a lack of trying? I can't back that up, of course, but neither can anyone back up the claim that there will always be war.
Edit: I know how fantastic this all sounds, but just dismissing it isn't going to do anything. What harm is there in trying?
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Originally Posted by John Lennon
Give peace a chance.
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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Will, I don't think a period of absolutely no war is plausible... just like that: "let's try a week of no war." There are too many factors, reasons, conditions, what have you, making it impossible to "orchestrate" that kind of peace. The very suggestion is a hopeful "what if" scenario, but I don't think it is realistic. What I do feel is realistic, however, is that those with the most power would do well to be the first to embark on a lifestyle of peace. For example, if the U.S. were to suddenly take on a role of compassionate benefactor, they would be influential enough to encourage other powerful nations to do the same. This would possibly trigger a chain reaction, especially if you consider the amplitude of compassion if it played a role in international relations and trade. Take away the misery of even the most turbulent nations, and you just might take away the reasons to kill.
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Exactly! This is what I'm talking about.
BTW, I'm not talking about ending murder. I'm talking about ending war. War, I think we can all agree, is much different than war. War cannot be carried out by one person. War is about many people killing together. That's a different ball-game.