| Approx 8.1Billion people on this earth 16:44 - Oct 13 with 2113 views | gtsb1966 |
and probably 99.95% of those people would just like to live in peace. How can so few people have such a grip on so many. |  | | |  |
| Approx 8.1Billion people on this earth on 17:40 - Oct 13 with 1996 views | DeepBlueSea |
Because when you look more deeply into an individual's perception of exactly what 'living in peace' entails, there are a lot of things that directly contradict a different individual's perception.
Palestinians want to live in peace in Palestine, and Israelis want to live in peace in Israel, but they are arguably mutually exclusive. |  | | |
| Approx 8.1Billion people on this earth on 17:48 - Oct 13 with 1952 views | BloomBlue |
As per below its how the question is asked.
Hamas say they want to live in peace but only once Israel and the Jewish population is wiped off the earth.
The IRA wanted peace but only if NI became part of the Irish Republic, irrelevant what none members of the IRA wanted.
Mike over the road who always talks about living in peace, but after the toerag pinched his car last week, if he should capture him he'll beat the f**king shlt out of the toerag - not very peaceful
Isn't that the problem, people want peace but often the peace they want comes at the expense (death) of others |  | | |
| Approx 8.1Billion people on this earth on 17:51 - Oct 13 with 1939 views | DeepBlueSea |
| Approx 8.1Billion people on this earth on 17:48 - Oct 13 by BloomBlue |
As per below its how the question is asked.
Hamas say they want to live in peace but only once Israel and the Jewish population is wiped off the earth.
The IRA wanted peace but only if NI became part of the Irish Republic, irrelevant what none members of the IRA wanted.
Mike over the road who always talks about living in peace, but after the toerag pinched his car last week, if he should capture him he'll beat the f**king shlt out of the toerag - not very peaceful
Isn't that the problem, people want peace but often the peace they want comes at the expense (death) of others |
Yep. Finite resources combined with seemingly infinite greed. | | | |
| Approx 8.1Billion people on this earth on 18:25 - Oct 13 with 1846 views | TresBonne |
45 mil people isn't exactly a few to be fair |  | | |
| Approx 8.1Billion people on this earth on 19:07 - Oct 13 with 1772 views | Swansea_Blue |
Live in Peace? Why would anyone want to live in Alabama?
See what I did there?  . You’re right of course. There’s a lot of goodness in people, but also some right barstewards. And we seem to let the latter dictate things sometimes. |  |
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| Approx 8.1Billion people on this earth on 19:23 - Oct 13 with 1748 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
Because we keep voting for most of them! |  |
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| Approx 8.1Billion people on this earth on 19:33 - Oct 13 with 1708 views | gtsb1966 |
| Approx 8.1Billion people on this earth on 18:25 - Oct 13 by TresBonne |
45 mil people isn't exactly a few to be fair |
Yeah I didn't do the sums but you know what I mean. It just saddens me that we live in a world where so few people can cause so much misery. | | | |
| Approx 8.1Billion people on this earth on 19:47 - Oct 13 with 1666 views | DeepBlueSea |
| Approx 8.1Billion people on this earth on 18:25 - Oct 13 by TresBonne |
45 mil people isn't exactly a few to be fair |
4.5 million 🤓 | | | |
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| Approx 8.1Billion people on this earth on 01:14 - Oct 14 with 1433 views | Tractorboy24 |
| Approx 8.1Billion people on this earth on 18:25 - Oct 13 by TresBonne |
45 mil people isn't exactly a few to be fair |
Is less than 1% not classed as a few? |  | | |
| Approx 8.1Billion people on this earth on 02:05 - Oct 14 with 1416 views | HankScorpio |
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| Approx 8.1Billion people on this earth on 10:47 - Oct 14 with 1210 views | jayessess |
| Approx 8.1Billion people on this earth on 17:48 - Oct 13 by BloomBlue |
As per below its how the question is asked.
Hamas say they want to live in peace but only once Israel and the Jewish population is wiped off the earth.
The IRA wanted peace but only if NI became part of the Irish Republic, irrelevant what none members of the IRA wanted.
Mike over the road who always talks about living in peace, but after the toerag pinched his car last week, if he should capture him he'll beat the f**king shlt out of the toerag - not very peaceful
Isn't that the problem, people want peace but often the peace they want comes at the expense (death) of others |
Flip side of that is that some people are happy to live in "a peace" that is maintained through structural violence against others.
So, lots of other organisations and institutions were perfectly content constructing a state that systematically discriminated against Northern Irish Catholics in almost every aspect of life - housing, education, employment, policing etc - and used its police force to defend that status quo with violence against unarmed civil rights protestors. And lots of Unionists didn't mind living "peaceful" lives in that manner, and probably wouldn't even really recognise that description of what their society was. And like clockwork, populations that are brutalised and discriminated against become less and less amenable to the version of "peace" they're presented with and more and more of them are attracted to extremism and violence.
"There can be no peace in the world unless there's justice, and there can be no justice without peace. I think in a sense these problems are inextricably bound together." Martin Luther King Jr., 1965 [Post edited 14 Oct 2023 15:15]
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| Approx 8.1Billion people on this earth on 10:52 - Oct 14 with 1184 views | leitrimblue |
| Approx 8.1Billion people on this earth on 10:47 - Oct 14 by jayessess |
Flip side of that is that some people are happy to live in "a peace" that is maintained through structural violence against others.
So, lots of other organisations and institutions were perfectly content constructing a state that systematically discriminated against Northern Irish Catholics in almost every aspect of life - housing, education, employment, policing etc - and used its police force to defend that status quo with violence against unarmed civil rights protestors. And lots of Unionists didn't mind living "peaceful" lives in that manner, and probably wouldn't even really recognise that description of what their society was. And like clockwork, populations that are brutalised and discriminated against become less and less amenable to the version of "peace" they're presented with and more and more of them are attracted to extremism and violence.
"There can be no peace in the world unless there's justice, and there can be no justice without peace. I think in a sense these problems are inextricably bound together." Martin Luther King Jr., 1965 [Post edited 14 Oct 2023 15:15]
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Excellent post |  | | |
| Approx 8.1Billion people on this earth on 10:57 - Oct 14 with 1174 views | JohnTy |
Apparently half the wealth in the world is owned by 1% of the population. 97% is owned by the top 30%.
The does not look to me like the foundation for a peaceful world. |  | | |
| Approx 8.1Billion people on this earth on 11:03 - Oct 14 with 1152 views | Darth_Koont |
| Approx 8.1Billion people on this earth on 10:47 - Oct 14 by jayessess |
Flip side of that is that some people are happy to live in "a peace" that is maintained through structural violence against others.
So, lots of other organisations and institutions were perfectly content constructing a state that systematically discriminated against Northern Irish Catholics in almost every aspect of life - housing, education, employment, policing etc - and used its police force to defend that status quo with violence against unarmed civil rights protestors. And lots of Unionists didn't mind living "peaceful" lives in that manner, and probably wouldn't even really recognise that description of what their society was. And like clockwork, populations that are brutalised and discriminated against become less and less amenable to the version of "peace" they're presented with and more and more of them are attracted to extremism and violence.
"There can be no peace in the world unless there's justice, and there can be no justice without peace. I think in a sense these problems are inextricably bound together." Martin Luther King Jr., 1965 [Post edited 14 Oct 2023 15:15]
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Well said.
There’s no such thing as an unjust peace. |  |
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