When someone says `peace!' what are you reminded of? Your memories are no doubt conditioned by the age in which you grew up ...
If you think of peace in terms of activism, you are putting your hope in an illusion. Why activism doesn't work! (hint: click here)
If you were a young person the year the United Nations was founded, you remembered the hope that there would never be a war again! Why the UN can't really help ...
The communist takeover of China, the Korean conflict and the Cold War detente made many skeptical that there would ever be real peace. Skeptics find answers ...
The peace marchers of the sixties, the failure in Vietnam and the endless conflicts even to the present day have only deepened the skepticism. The coming of democracy to the former USSR has indeed made us aware that democratic ideals alone are not enough to ensure peace and happiness.
So what do we need to ensure our peace? true PEACE is ...
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