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International Day of Peace

BhagavadGitaBhagavadGita Posts: 1,748
edited September 2009 in A Moving Train
"The International Day of Peace occurs annually on September 21. It is dedicated to peace, or specifically the absence of war, such as might be occasioned by a temporary ceasefire in a combat zone. It is observed by many nations, political groups, military groups, and peoples.

To inaugurate the day, the "Peace Bell" is rung at UN Headquarters. The bell is cast from coins donated by children from all continents. It was given as a gift by the Diet of Japan, and is referred to as "a reminder of the human cost of war." The inscription on its side reads: "Long live absolute world peace."

IT STARTS AT 10AM PST. Please join in the 10 minute meditation on peace and a world free of war and suffering. :!:
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  • fuckfuck Posts: 4,069
    i fucking hate days like this, no offense to your personally. days like "earth day" and "peace day" are so fake
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    BhagavadGita wrote:
    "The International Day of Peace occurs annually on September 21. It is dedicated to peace, or specifically the absence of war, such as might be occasioned by a temporary ceasefire in a combat zone. It is observed by many nations, political groups, military groups, and peoples.

    To inaugurate the day, the "Peace Bell" is rung at UN Headquarters. The bell is cast from coins donated by children from all continents. It was given as a gift by the Diet of Japan, and is referred to as "a reminder of the human cost of war." The inscription on its side reads: "Long live absolute world peace."

    IT STARTS AT 10AM PST. Please join in the 10 minute meditation on peace and a world free of war and suffering. :!:
    i like the idea of this, but of course we are going to ignore it and drop some bombs from predator drones on some people in afghanistan like we do every day. i like the idea of international day of peace rather than the idea of calling 9/11 "patriot day".
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    _outlaw wrote:
    i fucking hate days like this, no offense to your personally. days like "earth day" and "peace day" are so fake
    ...
    I agree with you, here... Earth Day, Peace Day, Tea Party, 9/12... all just a bunch of pre-fabricated bullshit.
    Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
    Hail, Hail!!!
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    BhagavadGita wrote:
    The inscription on its side reads: "Long live absolute world peace."

    That's strange, but I don't remember world peace ever being born. :?

    Edit: I'm sure that the people of Iraq, Afghanistan, the Occupied Territories, e.t.c. would view this thing as pure horseshit
  • polaris_xpolaris_x Posts: 13,559
    these days are relevant for one simple matter:

    PEOPLE SUCK

    all these days should be reminders of how we continue to support an existence that calls for the exploitation of people and the planet - our happiness hinges on the suffering of others ... i'm sure most of you will blow this off as being overly dramatic - but consider yourself lucky that you didn't have your village laced with DU rounds; or you aren't getting paid pennies for your work so some large corporation can make millions; or you aren't struggling just to find a clean glass of water ...

    yeah - the events are hokey but the message remains clear ... and before people start doing the typical - what do YOU do shit ... my response is this: it doesn't really matter how i live my life, it only matters how WE live our lives ...
  • JeanwahJeanwah Posts: 6,363
    Wow guys. Way to knock down the chance that peace can exist. It never will exist when people continue to wage war and spit in each others' faces rather than call a truce. And that's between neighbors, strangers and friends, as well as on a larger scale - between countries.

    Continue on with your cynical attitudes... :roll:
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    Jeanwah wrote:
    Wow guys. Way to knock down the chance that peace can exist. It never will exist when people continue to wage war and spit in each others' faces rather than call a truce. And that's between neighbors, strangers and friends, as well as on a larger scale - between countries.

    Continue on with your cynical attitudes... :roll:
    i was not being cynical. i simply stated that even on international day of peace we drop bombs.
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    I wonder how many of us knew that last year was the 50th Aniversary of the Peace Sign.

    peace-1.gif

    National Geographic Commemorates 50th Anniversary of Peace Sign with ''PEACE: The...Biography

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    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • BhagavadGitaBhagavadGita Posts: 1,748
    Nice about the peace sign.

    It's sad to see so many fans so hopeless. You'd think the music lately would lift one up a bit.
  • melodiousmelodious Posts: 1,719
    _outlaw wrote:
    i fucking hate days like this, no offense to your personally. days like "earth day" and "peace day" are so fake
    We can make change, one, one at a time. When we contribute our hearts and consciousness to these sorts of affairs we are dedicating our hearts to a force that is way beyond ourselves.

    the word, hate, has much power in the world of quantum magnetics. the more you say the word, the more you will have relationships with in the detest factor.

    Our words are powerful, but our thoughts are even more-so.


    bright blessings in your day and every day. please support what you can not see in the immediate and celebrate
    the love you cannot see as eagerly as what you do...

    power to the peaceful.

    **50 years? man am i getting old!!!
    all insanity:
    a derivitive of nature.
    nature is god
    god is love
    love is light
  • VINNY GOOMBAVINNY GOOMBA Posts: 1,818
    We need to think of Peace as more than just a 1 day event. Then we'll get somewhere.
  • he still standshe still stands Posts: 2,835
    Peace = people helping each other without expectation of return and being sympathetic for the needs of others (at least that is how I would interpret it)

    People helping each other without expectation of return and being sympathetic for the needs of others = Socialism (according to the right-wing pundits)

    either my definition is wrong or the right wing pundits are wrong...
    Everything not forbidden is compulsory and eveything not compulsory is forbidden. You are free... free to do what the government says you can do.
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    VINNY GOOMBA wrote:
    We need to think of Peace as more than just a 1 day event. Then we'll get somewhere.
    so right...
    PEACE LOVE AND PEARL JAM FOREVER
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
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