World Peace
20, October, 2011
Fighting for Peace, Praying for Violence
Do we have peace if we are not been shoot by a gun? As the word reference dictionary states, peace is freedom from disturbance; and the freedom or cessation of war. In fact, peace is not only the absence of wars and weapons; peace is an inner emotional state that can be reflected to others in order to maintain good relationships of the people around us. "Peace is not a dream; it is hard work, and there is nothing naive, glamorous or simplistic about it." (Arias 1). As this famous writer is stating; achieving peace is more than just stopping the wars, peace consists in hard and not so simple work. There can be a lack of peace without the necessary use of fighting and physical aggression, peace can also be disrupted with discrimination, stereotypes, and judging. If we want to maintain peace upon others we should have our mind and emotions cleared of bad feelings towards other people. Even though it is a great part of it, peace is not just stopping the violence, but also to respect others way to think or act, this way you could maintain a healthy relationship with people that surround you and make your environment nonviolent.
Although weapons are the ones that can cause the damage, we as humans can be interfering with peace by judging, arguing, and discriminating against others. Weapons are not the ones who disrupt peace, humans and their actions are. Many people agree that if we can destroy all the weapons in the world there wouldn´t be violence any more. For instance Ecuador´s president, Rafael Correa, made a law that forbid all the security guards from having any guns or armory so he could avoid all the accidents and violence caused by them who shoot people that were innocent. Two weeks later he insulted Maria Paula Romo, an Ecuadorian journalist, by publicly calling her “disgustingly chubby” when she disagreed with him. (El comercio 23) Wasn´t our president trying to reduce violence and aggression in
Fighting for Peace, Praying for Violence
Do we have peace if we are not been shoot by a gun? As the word reference dictionary states, peace is freedom from disturbance; and the freedom or cessation of war. In fact, peace is not only the absence of wars and weapons; peace is an inner emotional state that can be reflected to others in order to maintain good relationships of the people around us. "Peace is not a dream; it is hard work, and there is nothing naive, glamorous or simplistic about it." (Arias 1). As this famous writer is stating; achieving peace is more than just stopping the wars, peace consists in hard and not so simple work. There can be a lack of peace without the necessary use of fighting and physical aggression, peace can also be disrupted with discrimination, stereotypes, and judging. If we want to maintain peace upon others we should have our mind and emotions cleared of bad feelings towards other people. Even though it is a great part of it, peace is not just stopping the violence, but also to respect others way to think or act, this way you could maintain a healthy relationship with people that surround you and make your environment nonviolent.
Although weapons are the ones that can cause the damage, we as humans can be interfering with peace by judging, arguing, and discriminating against others. Weapons are not the ones who disrupt peace, humans and their actions are. Many people agree that if we can destroy all the weapons in the world there wouldn´t be violence any more. For instance Ecuador´s president, Rafael Correa, made a law that forbid all the security guards from having any guns or armory so he could avoid all the accidents and violence caused by them who shoot people that were innocent. Two weeks later he insulted Maria Paula Romo, an Ecuadorian journalist, by publicly calling her “disgustingly chubby” when she disagreed with him. (El comercio 23) Wasn´t our president trying to reduce violence and aggression in
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