Is World Peace Attainable? How?

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  • whygohome
    whygohome Posts: 2,305
    Nevermind90 wrote:
    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.

    And yet, we all still sleep while our beds are burning..............
  • Nevermind90
    Nevermind90 Posts: 722
    whygohome wrote:
    Nevermind90 wrote:
    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.

    And yet, we all still sleep while our beds are burning..............

    under the blue sky mine, what a dream world we are living in ^^
    ~ Enjoy The Struggle
  • whygohome
    whygohome Posts: 2,305
    It seems to me that 99% the world's population wants the same thing: peace, the ability to live a comfortable, happy life. The problem is the 1%: the narcissistic government elite, the predatory business institutions, the religious fanatics.
    If we could all find some way to circumvent the authority of those in charge, then world peace is attainable.
    If we continue to act like stagnant, lazy, selfish sheep, easily manipulated by demagogues and con men, easily distracted by materialism and brainless mainstream culture, then we are doomed.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,778
    he still stands wrote:
    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.

    That's why I said "True, it's only one country but if this is true, maybe we can learn from it." I'm not saying peace in one country for x number of years= world peace. I'm saying that if one country did experience an extended period of peace maybe we could learn from it. I don't think you're intentionally trying to derail my post, he still stands, but I don't believe you addressed my question.

    So I repeat my question: Does any one here recall hearing this or know anything about an extended period of peace in Japan and can we learn anything from that?
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    fife wrote:
    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 ;)


    for the first 2 lines i was thinking i dont remember reading that in the bible.. then i realised as the tune came into my head. thanx for that.
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  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    I would like to think world peace is attainable somehow, but I think we should start small.
    Like working on U.S. peace... Or China peace...
    Since Denmark is deemed the happiest country in the world, we could start by looking to see what they do...
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    Jeanwah wrote:
    I would like to think world peace is attainable somehow, but I think we should start small.
    Like working on U.S. peace... Or China peace...
    Since Denmark is deemed the happiest country in the world, we could start by looking to see what they do...

    its cause they invented lego and lego is the best toy ever so they just send their days building towns out of brightly coloured blocks.. they dont have time for fighting. 8-)
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    take a good look
    this could be the day
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    lie beside me
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