Is World Peace Attainable? How?

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  • Go Beavers
    Go Beavers Posts: 9,658
    It's attainable because we can ask the question if it's attainable.
  • he still stands
    he still stands Posts: 2,835
    Go Beavers wrote:
    It's attainable because we can ask the question if it's attainable.

    is man jumping to the moon with a single leap attainable?
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  • Go Beavers
    Go Beavers Posts: 9,658
    he still stands wrote:
    Go Beavers wrote:
    It's attainable because we can ask the question if it's attainable.

    is man jumping to the moon with a single leap attainable?

    Touche. I should be more specific. Humans can question their own behavior, visualize it happening, and make the behavior happen, therefore it's attainable.
  • Cheeks
    Cheeks Posts: 151
    No, I don't think it's attainable. I think we can make the world a better place and more peaceful than it is now, but I don't think there will ever be complete peace. You can reallocate wealth and resources, ditch religion, but there will always be something to fight over.
    Even if peace was something attainable, I think the rules and laws that would have to be in place to maintain it would be staggering--I think we'd lose much of our freedom in exchange for peace. There are just too many people with individual minds, thoughts, ideas, desires, opinions.

    But, who am I to say....
  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    Go Beavers wrote:
    he still stands wrote:
    Go Beavers wrote:
    It's attainable because we can ask the question if it's attainable.

    is man jumping to the moon with a single leap attainable?

    Touche. I should be more specific. Humans can question their own behavior, visualize it happening, and make the behavior happen, therefore it's attainable.

    well handled.
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  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    Cheeks wrote:
    No, I don't think it's attainable. I think we can make the world a better place and more peaceful than it is now, but I don't think there will ever be complete peace. You can reallocate wealth and resources, ditch religion, but there will always be something to fight over.
    Even if peace was something attainable, I think the rules and laws that would have to be in place to maintain it would be staggering--I think we'd lose much of our freedom in exchange for peace. There are just too many people with individual minds, thoughts, ideas, desires, opinions.

    But, who am I to say....

    sadly, I think you are probably correct.
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  • fife
    fife Posts: 3,327
    yes if there was only 1 person living.
  • JonnyPistachio
    JonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    Cheeks wrote:
    No, I don't think it's attainable. I think we can make the world a better place and more peaceful than it is now, but I don't think there will ever be complete peace. You can reallocate wealth and resources, ditch religion, but there will always be something to fight over.
    Even if peace was something attainable, I think the rules and laws that would have to be in place to maintain it would be staggering--I think we'd lose much of our freedom in exchange for peace. There are just too many people with individual minds, thoughts, ideas, desires, opinions.

    But, who am I to say....

    Good points. As the world's population keeps on increasing, it just allows for more and more problems.
    fife wrote:
    yes if there was only 1 person living.

    or this would work.. :lol:
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  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    peace in ourselves = peace in the world :D
  • fife
    fife Posts: 3,327
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    Cheeks wrote:
    No, I don't think it's attainable. I think we can make the world a better place and more peaceful than it is now, but I don't think there will ever be complete peace. You can reallocate wealth and resources, ditch religion, but there will always be something to fight over.
    Even if peace was something attainable, I think the rules and laws that would have to be in place to maintain it would be staggering--I think we'd lose much of our freedom in exchange for peace. There are just too many people with individual minds, thoughts, ideas, desires, opinions.

    But, who am I to say....

    Good points. As the world's population keeps on increasing, it just allows for more and more problems.
    fife wrote:
    yes if there was only 1 person living.

    or this would work.. :lol:

    hopefully that 1 person who not have multiple personality disorder or that would screw everything up.
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,384
    There's too many men, too many people
    Making too many problems
    And not much love to go round
    Can't you see this is a land of confusion?


    ... I will now go flog myself for quoting Genesis lyrics.
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  • fife
    fife Posts: 3,327
    Jason P wrote:
    There's too many men, too many people
    Making too many problems
    And not much love to go round
    Can't you see this is a land of confusion?


    ... I will now go flog myself for quoting Genesis lyrics.

    please give yourself 5 extra flogs from everyone who had to be reminded of Genesis ;)
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,384
    fife wrote:
    please give yourself 5 extra flogs from everyone who had to be reminded of Genesis ;)
    Done and done.

    I'm going to do it tonight, tonight, toooniiight, oh, ooohhh!
    Be Excellent To Each Other
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  • he still stands
    he still stands Posts: 2,835
    Go Beavers wrote:
    he still stands wrote:
    Go Beavers wrote:
    It's attainable because we can ask the question if it's attainable.

    is man jumping to the moon with a single leap attainable?

    Touche. I should be more specific. Humans can question their own behavior, visualize it happening, and make the behavior happen, therefore it's attainable.

    I see. I agree, when it comes to a single individual, the nuclear family or possibly a small group of people. However, I don't think that works in large groups and especially not with the world as a whole. To make that work you need propaganda on a massive scale. I think the way behavior changes is more of a "pull" effect than a "push" in that direction and I don't think that we are conscious of it... I think world peace (or the singularity as I called it earlier) will happen without our even intending it to happen, if it's going to happen at all.
    Everything not forbidden is compulsory and eveything not compulsory is forbidden. You are free... free to do what the government says you can do.
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    edited January 2012
    Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:
    This is a serious question. Everyone (well, most everyone) dreams of peace on Earth. To my knowledge, it has never happened. There will always be heads of nations who have ulterior motives that do not put the good of humankind first. There are the extreme religions/faiths/etc that feel the need to destroy others as some preemptive measure.

    Some wars have been inevitible. WWII for example. We had no choice there but to go to war. How do you deal with those that have evil intentions without going to war? Is it possible?

    Has any scholar written anything with significance that can actually feasibly address this issue?

    peace will never happen cause mankind has never been peaceful in its entire existence. there will always be conflict.. its the nature of the beast.
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  • CH156378
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,773
    I remember reading somewhere that Japan once had 700 years of peace at some point in their history. ? True, it's only one country but if this is true, maybe we can learn from it. Does any one here recall hearing this or know anything about it?
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  • he still stands
    he still stands Posts: 2,835
    brianlux wrote:
    I remember reading somewhere that Japan once had 700 years of peace at some point in their history. ? True, it's only one country but if this is true, maybe we can learn from it. Does any one here recall hearing this or know anything about it?

    i think the point of world peace is that ALL countries are peaceful with each other and their own people. If you're looking at just a single region, how about most of the native americans? Sure, there were some tribes that were violent, but most were not. Especially when you look at the folks who lived in the Caribbean for THOUSANDS of years before Columbus showed up to make 'em slaves. For THOUSANDS of years those dudes were just smoking grass, riding in canoes, sitting in hammocks, and having orgies. But, at the same time, most of the western europe and the middle east was fucked because of all the slavery and religion wars, so there wasn't world peace.
    Everything not forbidden is compulsory and eveything not compulsory is forbidden. You are free... free to do what the government says you can do.
  • whygohome
    whygohome Posts: 2,305
    Yes.
    Through mass human extermination and a system of eugenics.
    Hey, you asked.
  • Nevermind90
    Nevermind90 Posts: 722
    Conquistador of mexico, the zulu and the navaho
    The belgians in the congo short memory
    Plantation in virginia, the raj in british india
    The deadline in south africa short memory
    The story of el salvador, the silence of
    hiroshima
    Destruction of cambodia short memory

    Short memory, must have a, short memory

    The sight of hotels by the nile, the designated
    hilton style
    With running water specially bought short memory
    A smallish man afghanistan, a watch dog in a
    nervous land
    They’re only there to lend a hand short memory
    Wake up in sweat at dead of night
    And in the tents new rifles hey short memory

    If you read the history books you’ll see the same
    things happen again and again
    Repeat repeat short memory they’ve all got it
    When are we going to play it again
    Got a short, got a short, got a short, got a
    short
    They’ve got a short must have a short they’ve got
    a short aah
    Short memory, they’ve got a.
    ~ Enjoy The Struggle

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