The Villain Strikes Back

@ I_ArtMan: but artists do not make decisions concerning worldwide peace. It's the businesspeople, politicians and so on - and they apparently prefer money. If they didn't, we would have peace now.

@ Claude: my heart isn't sad, albeit slightly rotten ;p And what can I say about your arguments concerning Oscar Schindler? He wasn't the only one (Hollywood just hasn't made any films about the others, though you might be interested in the film about Irena Sendler) - and yet he couldn't help all. Besides, we perceive him as a hero - but wasn't he simply a human everyone should be? See what I mean - we're talking about times when a normal, humane attitude was something heroic. It was night, true - but this night isn't over.
When you say about living in the present is partially true - but we originate from the past and head for the future. Carpe diem sounds great but you mustn't get lost in the present moment. It is very important - but not the only one.



Basically, what else could you expect from the Villain? ;P

It's a paradox and we love them so the only solution must have been one

Ghandi: I don't say something is wrong or right. I only say the worldwide peace is impossible because the only people who could work on that apparently do not want it. Trying to make your direct environment peaceful is a completely different thing and I haven't said a word about it yet, so don't say I oversimplify.
If we tried to make our lives peaceful, if we tried to make peace with people around us - that could be a step to make peace. But we don't do it. We are all being aggressive, hostility could be another name for 'humanity', heh It's life.
I don't know the idea worth dying for - but some people have found it, have been dying for it... I couldn't do it. I think I might be the one who kills to survive - but how can I know that for sure? We are humans. Survivors.
Killers.
Peace is a great idea, but just an idea. It is only my belief - and I'm a believer. Maybe my sight is fogged by my faith, though I don't see any relationship between peace and faith (maybe spiritual peace only, though I haven't thought about it before) - yet I know only this:
I can only live in peace by myself and try not to make troubles for others. I know no person, organisation, nation or society who could make worldwide peace.
And that is all.

Oh - and I have never been to Auschwitz. I am not planning to go there in my life. And I have never heard of mandatory visits, but I haven't heard about many other things.


@Yrol: If you think money is a symbol, give me your But to some extent I do agree with you - problem with peace lies in the human nature. We have created the idea of peace.

Well, yes - realistically human nature is violent - without violence we wouldn't have evolved from animals. We survived because we were the ones who kill.
But on the other hand it is the idea, the abstract, that makes us humans. And we have to remember about it. Especially when we see people killing in the name of a big idea.

That's realism.

Worldwide peace is a dream. But your own peace is something you can achieve. By being in peace with yourself you can bring some peace to the others. But how can you be in peace with yourself when you see the constant wars in the world?
I chose being realistic - I will not bring peace to the world, just like making everybody happy. But trying to bring peace in your relationship, family, friendship - it's something I can do.
And it is still a part of this world.

True. But killing to feel strong and secure is not an idea. It's animal-like. Because technically, killing your enemies and opponents makes you feel stronger. And secure.
I think. Have never killed anyone.

I don't know. Sometimes one has to kill to defend oneself. To kill or to die. There were people killing for something to eat. I don't even think about things I could do when needed. I'm afraid I could kill someone threathening my family.
And well, yes, to tell you the truth, I did kill an animal. It was an accident, really, but strangely I haven't felt uncomfortably after that. Maybe I'm a potential murderer, who knows. It was a guinea pig and I threw it, errr, unexpectedly, so it fell down and broke its spine.
When we're talking about animals, I must disillusion you a bit - yes, they kill to dominate. Sometimes they even leave their opponents in agony. What's even more interesting, some animals do kill their own offspring.
And some of them do kill for fun, even if they're not hungry - have you seen a cat playing with its prey?

Well, I feel slightly guilty for spoiling your joy - for me this topic was a kind of food for thought. But I enjoy this discussion very much indeed.
You see - I would really love to see worldwide peace, that would be something extremely interesting to experience.
But apart from my - our - wishful thinking, we have to face cruel reality. We are not able to make worldwide peace real.
The only thing we can do is to be nice towards people we everyday meet.

That's basically everything I have to tell about worldwide peace ;p I'm quite talkative, so it takes me quite long to explain it:)

Well, with my great cruelty I could mention more than one disadvantage of a global peace, but I don't want to put you in total misery ;p

@ I_ArtMan: you're right, be still we can shout and demonstrate, but the innocent will die for the money of the rish ones. It's not really optimistic.

@ Claude: That's what I say - violence is our immanent feature, yet we have to remember thet it is an idea that makes us human.
One of my favourite writers, Sir Terry Pratchett wrote: Humans need fantasy to be humans - to be the place where a falling angel meets a rising ape.
And I couldn't agree with him more.

@ Janek: I'm quite suspicious about humanity's dream... I believe that generally humanity dreams about a full tummy, nearby water and a good night's sleep ;]

Obrigado, muito obrigado Rosy
Abraços


Yrol - we're slowly entering the path of linguistics True, money is a symbol - and yet it has value. It also has meaning.
Basically - the fact something is a concept (let's state symbol is a visible representation of a concept) doesn't mean it has no value. On the contrary, it actually is bound to have value. We, humans, give it value - but we create concept as well, so it doesn't really matter, does it?

@ Yrol: So you can't say money's just a symbol (or a concept). Money is much more

@ Codiac: Danke. And the Latin phrase has always been most true

My heart is in my chest, quite close to my lungs. I can hear it pretty well, so I'm sure about it.

We DO have nuclear bombs? How VERY interesting! I must disappoint you, but we - I speak of MY country - do not have ones. To disillussion you even more - we do not plan to have them.

Can you say something like that about your country?

Well, my heart tells me 'thump thump' which probably means that you are hoping to make everybody happy. And whilst I comprehend this kind of feeling (mainly from literature), I also know it is realistically impossible (I also gathered this knowledge from books, especially biographies). As I told you before, my attitude towards this topic you've introduced is quite realistic, so wishful thinking doesn't really work with me.
Feeling of love, ah... what do you mean? What is 'love' for you? For me, it is readiness to die for someone. Thus I know I love my brother, my husband, my parents. I could die for them, I could kill for them. But I couldn't die for you - I don't love you. I like you, but if you threathened my family, I'd kill you.
This is 'love' for me, I bet you comprehend it in a different way. I just try to say that you may do a lot of things in the name of love

And nuclear weapons, aaaahhhhh... it is crucial, I'd say, which country has or hasn't this kind of weapon. It really is

True, Codiac. True

@ Cthoniid:

Thank you, dear, but I think that most of us should start using their brains first, and then add some heart.
Besides, that would completely ruin my image

But thanks, anyways

That's very nice

Wha? I appreciate your effort, you know

You're most welcome

Yup, thank you and good luck