It takes work to make peace

[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.

[MuseRider]

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.

[Silverhair]

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.

[TexasMexican]

3. yep.

It takes two people fighting to have a war.

It only takes one person fighting to have a massacre.

[ulysses]

4. I believe the word was "work"

not "unilateral disarmament".

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