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gristy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 06:36 PM
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It takes work to make peace
Edited on Fri Jan-16-04 06:51 PM by gristy
I saw this simple message written on an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper and taped onto a car's rear window today:

It takes work to make peace
Not War
Let's not be afraid of work

I was pretty impressed.
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 06:44 PM
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1. I so like that!
I think that belongs on the back of my truck. We should all include something like that somewhere to start people thinking. Thanks so much for this.
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Silverhair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 09:39 PM
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2. It also take peaceful intentions on the part of ALL parties.
No pacifist has ever told me how to be peaceful when the other side won't be peaceful. I do know that being strong enough that the bully won't attack works very well.

And war takes a LOT of work to be victorious at it. Anybody can be on the losing end of a war. That takes no work.

Nice words. Nice sentiment. Doesn't work in the real world. Have you ever been the victim of a bully? I was, often as a kid. Then I took karate, and I was never a victim of bullies again. The bullies became peaceful toward me.
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TexasMexican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 09:41 PM
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3. yep.
It takes two people fighting to have a war.

It only takes one person fighting to have a massacre.
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ulysses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 09:43 PM
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4. I believe the word was "work"
not "unilateral disarmament".

But then, matching arms for arms has produced so much peace throughout world history...
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