We are in the middle of what some people call “the season of peace and joy”…..the problem is that for most it is only a fleeting concept…..for they want to feel something and they cannot…..
It’s the time of year when people sing about peace and goodwill. Unfortunately in the United States, too little thought accompanies the nice words. Otherwise Americans would be in the streets demanding that President Obama shut down the war machine. They would also be repudiating every presidential candidate who endorses the fundamentals of America’s criminal […]
Source: The Season of Peace Requires Action Not Songs – Antiwar.com Original by — Antiwar.com
Yep…..I am a peace-nik (a slur from the 60-70’s)…..after experiencing the obscenity of war how can one be anything but?
chuq…
Me, too… But, instead of “peacnik”, a label given to us by the Establishment, I prefer the word, humanist…. It’s much closer to the truth; if we can learn to Be human, there is a chance for peace…. with or without the Russki-flavored epithets being applied to ANYONE…
Compassion, kindness, love, and a stubborn will to resist evil/injustice, are all we need…
Truth
gigoid, the dubious
Right on, my brother….chuq
My concern about ‘peaceniks.’…..are the ones who have not ‘fought’
They may have ‘noble sentiments’ these peace niks …..that’s about it…..
They are very different from the peoples who have fought in the Great War and the rest…..
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Agreed….George Orwell noted that: he said something like, “Those who make the loudest noises about war are not those who do the fighting.” I may be inaccurate as to the exact wording; it’s early & Google isn’t awake.. but, it’s close, & the idea is intact…
🙂