Peace

[wushi]

It's this wonderful ideal that people love to spout on and on about, but is peace really the only mature response, as some, such as the Quakers, would probably say

Comments

[black_op]

Please allow me to recomend "Paris 1919" by Margaret Macmillan. I think you would be interested to see the ways in which the great majority of world conflict seen since had their stages set during the negotiations for peace after "the war to end all wars". If you do read it tell me what you thought of it.

[josabry]

pacifism isn't practical in a world full of violence. I think it is an all-or-nothing idea. It's one I like, but I am not sure humanity will ever be able to embrace it.

The truth of the matter is that sustaining peace is more work than war is. We must carefully examine each individual, each group, and address their issues without strife. Much harder than just launching a missle at them to get them to stop whining/being different/sstarting their own nukes program.

Sad, isn't it?

[elengul]

I think you pretty much hit the nail on the head, as it were. It's human nature to be greedy, ambitious, and violent. The unfortunate thing is (I believe) that these tendencies arise from instincts related to procreation and survival, so they're deep-seated and difficult to rid one's self of. I believe, unfortunately, that it will be a long time before we as a species are capable of making the decision to abandon these negative impulses, and I fear that we will annihilate ourselves before this happens. I suppose, then, the only thing we can really do is to try to live that way ourselves and hope that the example is appealing to those around us.