how do u feel towords peace?

Answer 1

This reminds me of a story from North Vietnam, about a Buddhist monk and a soldier. Buddhist monks have a vow not to kill anyone. They use those long sticks to defend themselves, but never to kill, even in self-defense. So that soldier asked:

"What if you were the last Buddhist in the world and I came to kill you? Would you not kill me to preserve your religion?"
"No," replied the monk, "if it's kill or be killed, I'd let you kill me."
"But then your religion would disappear from the face of the Earth. Surely, it is a thing more valuable than my life?"
"It would disappear," said the monk, "but it's such a great thing that people would reinvent it all over again."

I think the same applies to peace. You can destroy it for a while, but it will return, because it's such a great thing.

Answer 2

Peace is the equal of death. I know this sounds strange, but consider it for a moment. First, let me preface that I don't buy into the peace-war dichotomy, but rather a peace-conflict dichotomy, since it is much broaded. Sports are a sublimation of conflict, as is business in a capitalist society. Arguments, fights, murders, and wars are only consequences of the degree of totality and the number of participants.

Without conflict, without the jockeying for resources and acquisition, everything would remain exactly as it always was. The rich would remain rich, the poor remain poor (in a vastly simplified format). If perpetual peace existed, what would be the purpose behind the continued toiling of the poor, if there is no hope of a reversal of their fortunes? To the majority of the population, those without control over resources, peace maintains existing power structures at the expense of their needs and desires. This is the first side-effect of peace.

Secondly, human ingenuity is developed and honed by conflict of some sort, the pursuit of something in a finite world. All modern 20th century inventions, indeed everything that has developed, is a consequence of a need by one group of people to gain superiority other another in order to ensure that their people survive. Innovation, ingenuity, and invention are all direct consequences of conflict. As a result, conflict produces an essential characteristic in the human psyche: progress. It is not unusual or surprising, in this light, that a great period of peace always precedes the degredation and decline of civilizations.

The best way to phrase it is that the pursuit of a thing drives us forward, and conflict is the consequence of pursuing something. The acquisition of a thing, however, causes humans to sit on thier laurels, enjoy the fruits of their labors, and seek a safe place to stop and languish in those fruits. The pursuit of peace is noble and spirals us towards greatness. The achievement of peace leads to decadence and disintegration. This is the reason that the "UN mentality" is so ineffective, why enforced peace -never- succeeds.

You must remember that peace is a society-event. It impacts large groups of people, not individuals. I agree entirely that conflict can be devastating to individuals. However, when one expands that thinking to whole societies, that devastation is converted into construction. An individual cannot be both saint and monster, both thinker and soldier, both compassionate and relentless. However, a society must be in order to survive and prosper. Individuals make choices in their actions; a society must embrace all of the possible choices in order to survive. Without a Washington, a McCarthy, a MacArthur, a Sherman, an Oppenheimer, the United States would not exist. We must remember that societies must often do what individuals would shie from. For individuals, peace is glorious. For societies, it is a death knell.

Answer 3

Put away the knives & swords,
Destroy every gun,
Think of all those Mother's,
That now have lost thier son.

Let the tears of sadness,
Turning tears into smiles,
So put your palms together,
Peace for all them miles.
MJBettison 14-09-06

Answer 4

ok i have 2 sides to peace peace is good so that everything is your desired perfect world a utopia of sorts we have the cure for every disease possible but what if somone plotted against this perfect world and that perfect world had no anger no hatred and saw no use for weapons and violence then what.........would the world be destroyed am i looking at ww3 i dont know but it sounds like a good plot for a book dosent it.......

Answer 5

I've always thought this was well put.
"The more you sweat in Peace, the less you bleed in War."-Adm. Hyman Rickover
What do you think?

Answer 6

Peace . . . we all need a significant amount of it everyday of our lives to keep our sanity.

Answer 7

I like the sound of that. the question is what are you going to do about it?

Answer 8

I feel great towards peace.Peace is great!

Answer 9

depends on how big my piece is

Answer 10

I'm in favor of it. How about you?