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Thread #41964   Message #610528
Posted By: Bobert
15-Dec-01 - 02:47 PM
Thread Name: BS: Department of Peace
Subject: RE: BS: Department of Peace
You're right, Amos, in that the manuals are not written and the maps not drawn and while that makes the task difficult, it also makes it challenging and exciting. Here we are at a croosroads of sorts for our planet. We have accomplished so much in the last 100 years compared to all the years before when it comes to technology, industrial output and medicine. But spiritually, we have not grown collectively or we would not have killed more people in this same period of time than were killed in all wars before the 20th century. I can see a situation where funding for the Department of Peace would increase as we learn what works but as we find things that do work I can see the funds needed for the Department of War (Defense)would decrease porportionally. Some folks still scratching their heads thinking, "This guy is nuts. Where did he come from? You just can't get people to act peacefully. No way..." Well, one thing that we're going to need are admen. Good admen, who know all the admen stuff that sell Nike shoes to folks all over the world. You zoom in on some conflick in Africa or Lebanon and you see Nikes. Now if they can sell shoes they ought to be able sell universal values of tolerance, coexistence and peace. What if it weren't fashionable to be a bad ass or bully? What if... Peace.