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It's a tale indeed but I don't believe it is possible to make the world a nicer place. mankind, what a contradiction of terms.
It brings great sadness to my heart to inform you that man is a known killer and there is nothing that can be done. A report came out, I read it somewhere or maybe I just heard it I can't remember! 47% of the worlds population is likely to commit a murder everyday and that 85% of the known living population today has committed a murde3r of some sort. 85% guys thats a long way to come back from!

In my opinion, it's pretty much impossible to make the world more peaceful. It's up to everybody. We can't change them, they'll have to change by themselves.

To make the world peaceful, it's really hard. I think the first step is stopping to think a peaceful world is impossible because the world aren't 'the others'. We, you are the world.
We must not bow our head in fear, we shouldn't fight or argue because of our different thoughts and convictions whereas a few people ruin our home and life of lots of people. Everyone is a different human being, that's an irremediable fact. But we can't allow poverty, violence and all that stuff become irremediable (more than they are now)
How? Think of how to help the world instead of spending your time on making more and more rich to multinationals. you haven't to conquer a land for changing the world , just make of it a lesser worse place. Just try, one million of tries may make some difference. .Look at both ways, not only the shadow under your feet. .It's maybe just a hypothesis but it's better than nothing.

The problem is really poverty and politic.

Everybody should feel like being someone from the earth. Not from a special country.

I think the solution could be the disparition of the countries, of the extremists, and make another governement, wich could be choose bye everybody. Where too rich people don't exist. If there was no millionar people, everybody could eat. That is the problem for me.
People in this "earth-country", would like working, for this country. Not to earn money to become richer and richer.

We have to change the whole world's mind

What are you waiting for, another day, another talk,
Somewhere we have to find a new way to peace
What are you waiting for, another sign, another call,
Somewhere we have to find a new way to peace!!!

I prefer to believe in this song "Gurus of peace" by A.R.Rahman. Just give it a thought.

That's true. The majortiy of the world have to realised. But i'm sure something really wrong will happen, and soon. The world can't continue like that.

there shouldnt be riots and no diffrences between religions and UN should try to solve disputes among the coutries who r at war against each other

Nightsilence kirjoitti:

I respect your point of view about MNCs but I think they are the ?body? of capitalism. Capitalism and its anti-equity machiavellian method strengthen poverty. They don?t care a damn about the poor. On the contrary, they earn more money with poor people (poverty = cheaper labour = + $$ = richer rich people...) or who do buy poor quality food, clothes stuff because they?re a low price? Who do work for miserable minimum wages because have to maintain family? Moreover, they want (and are succeeding) to influence political actions of countries where they are in....
anyhow, it?s good people change their mind and care about what happen here (earth planet) especially young people cos we?re gonna stay long here --I hope--

I agree with what you say about Capitalism and it being pro-poverty. But, I think there are good things even in Capitalism, namely, economic freedom, research and development and rewards according to ability. We needn't practice it but we may take good things from it, right? We have Mixed Economy system here in India, and the most of the public (controlled by our govt.) sectors (except the really important ones) suck!!! If you've have a job with the govt. here, whether or not you do the work or not, you get paid the same salary, (then, there's corruption...but I accept that it takes place EVERYWHERE :() and the quality and service in the public sectors SUCK!!! Some of those public sectors are being privatised now and they are improving...because they follow Capitalism. (but I'm not telling that Capitalism is the solution) Those public sectors have done good and bad things too. We need to improve qualitatively to eradicate poverty...everyone must enjoy quality without poverty. In Socialism, sometimes quality is compromised. So, we better come up with a better economic system, with merits of Socialism and Capitalism put together. And, we must work for "comprehensive growth". That's where I think we're facing problems-Rich get richer and the Poor get poorer.
I desperately hope that I made SOME sense at least!

Total peace is not a concept we can imagine: The human race was born as predators, I think that part of us will remain that way.

Actually, while we try to refrain this nature, we actually give birth to outbreaks of violence (especially regarding the young generation). I think the first thing we need is a more comprehensive understanding of ourselves to acheve maturity.

In that case, perhaps we might see that wars actually have the power to prevent the decadence of our civilisation (look at the roman, greek and minoan civilisations, for example). To us, decadence means boredom, and something in us is intent to avoid that, even at the expanse of spillt blood.

However, the fact of accepting to keep fit thanks to war might not necessarily mean to spill blood (as regardless of our needs, this is a crime), I think that perhaps regular war exercises and international competition on this level might help us a lot: after all, regularly, our military forces engage in such training exercises. With time, it might turn into a sort of sporting even which, while not spilling any blood, might keep us untertained and might help us understand ourselves better.

I hope you see what I mean, and before you ask, I'm not megalomaniac, and I find that the loss of lives is a criminal act. The question is to find a compromise LOL.

I personally think that it might help exorcise a lot of the violence kept in us while keeping us fit, henceforth greatly reducing delinquence problems etc... so common to peace periods: I'll explain my theory: the romans, greeks and minoans before them went decadent because of peace periods, which I think is a side effect of boredom: aristote used to say that pease softens us: that may be true: The question is how can we keep the peace without softening ourselves and still have a motive? Humans, by definition, need causes in which to believe in: a candid world in which all is perfect will prove to be unimaginable torture to us, at least at our current state of mind.

That is the question, hence my theory on war exercises, mind you, it's not a question of patriotic goals, but to keep the people entertained: Then in order to avoid shocking people we could turn this into a sort of friendly sporting events. (of course I could be wrong, but don't let that frighten you: I'm not a monster, I'm just trying to understand).LOL

Viimeksi muokattu starlord (2008-07-01 11:03:42)

Every year people consume 3 trillion dollars for military. So with this situation, nobody cannot make peace. Only USA has 36000 nuclear fuse. A thorium bomb can destroy everything from place that it launched to 600 kilometers. If imperial super-powers continues to trying get control of everything, nuclear wars are going to damage every civilization.
You know Global Warming. It is evaporates water springs. Externally countries near the artics, all the countries on the world don't have the water that is potable enough. So water might be more valuable than petroleum in 100 years. If we don't stop Global Warming, armies will fight for water.
Every capitalist countries purpose is exploiting. So world must leave capitalism immediately. Capitalism doesn't take care of humanity or ethics. Capitalism live for its benefits. People or world's problems aren't important for it. (For example; Kyoto Deal and USA) So capitalism must be stopped once. Then as Ataturk say, "Peace in homelands, peace in the world"...

Whew: It's been a while and I've been busy like hell:

back on topic: look at what we call "primitive" civilisations: Take the maori for instance: Have you ever observed the war dance of the maori? They are by this dance enticed to close combat through weapons like spears etc... they learn to kill with their bare hands through 16 possible ways. However, notice how this ritual "exorcises" any feeling for violence they might have concealed: their culture was a model of stability until the white came to them. This might mean something: this might mean that we must do more to precisely understand what is war than keep running away from it stiff.

Have you ever seen (or felt) the solitude of a soldier coming back from the war? Despite the horrors he may have witnessed out there, he feels that along with peace something is... missing.
People like this are tought to serve causes, the same as us actually: Humans cannot live without causes. And the question torturing said soldier during peace times is: "what now? how can I be useful?"

I think that war must not be shunned untirely as something "bad" but "ebbed away" a bit like a way to stop smoking: progressively. That is why I believe the use of such "war houses" might help people in need. sure, like everything unconventionnal, it may appear scary, but then again: we were when we first learned that earth was round. I think we can mature given time.

Ehh, I also believe that our concepts for war (real war, that is. Not economics) are totally independant or our ideology opinions (that is, as long as we think on a diplomatic level).

Viimeksi muokattu starlord (2008-07-17 11:26:54)