Gave Peace a Chance

May 25, 2012 08:49

Setting: Geneva, Switzerland

I started thinking about the concept of "peace" yesterday as I was driving to work, listening to NPR.  They were talking about the Cold War, and a question I have often pondered was rolling around in my head: for what percentage of its existence in time has the U.S.A. been in a state of peace?  And, associated therewith ( Read more... )

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readthisandweep May 26 2012, 09:37:23 UTC
Peace is such an abstract notion, particularly in a world beset by war, I'm not sure I would know where to begin.

One of my favourite Virginia Woolf quotations is this:

We can best help you to prevent war not by repeating your words and following your methods but by finding new words and creating new methods.

Works for me...

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