Okay, i have a confession,
This post is not 100% original. The core ideas here are from a TV show called Penn & Teller's Bullshit. These chaps are realists and talk on controversial and social issues in a show filled with profanity, but get this.....they are absolutely spot on most of the time.
Now on the post proper:
Peace protests are bullshit:
yes, i was wondering the same thing
Now, you'd have to be an incarnation of Hitler orPolpot to not want peace. That being said, this post is not out to slander peace, its out to slander the people who think they are helping to acheive world peace via protest.
Its not the protest per say, its the way people go about it. With an idealistic mentality. That protests, candle light vigils and so on are actually going to bring about peace in the world.
What it merely does is (if it even manages to do so) is to PERSUADE the politicians in Congress to take measures to start the peace process.And ultimately, they are going to not take you seriously because, lets face it, you aren't helping them with a peace plan by just shouting on the streets with banners.....though i do admit, the protests about impeaching Bush have to be taken seriously.
And come on, who's going to take you seriously when you come and try to make a point dressed up like this:
Its not the protest per say, its the way people go about it. With an idealistic mentality. That protests, candle light vigils and so on are actually going to bring about peace in the world.
What it merely does is (if it even manages to do so) is to PERSUADE the politicians in Congress to take measures to start the peace process.And ultimately, they are going to not take you seriously because, lets face it, you aren't helping them with a peace plan by just shouting on the streets with banners.....though i do admit, the protests about impeaching Bush have to be taken seriously.
And come on, who's going to take you seriously when you come and try to make a point dressed up like this:
Code Pink Organisation : Women For Peace
These people are absolutely bullshit. On their website they advertise for donations for memorial donations in honor of their co-founder, walk to congressmen's offices dressed up in pink with ridiculous pink foam crowns, and have POTLUCK meetings every Wednesday at a house they own.
HOW THE HELL IS THIS SUPPOSED TO ACHIEVE WORLD PEACE?
If this is the way peace is going to be achieved, the forgive me, the world must be filled with like minded pink loving hippies high on marijuana.
Because who the fuck is going to take you seriously? If you're marching for world peace in general with large and loud banners proclaiming:
HOW THE HELL IS THIS SUPPOSED TO ACHIEVE WORLD PEACE?
If this is the way peace is going to be achieved, the forgive me, the world must be filled with like minded pink loving hippies high on marijuana.
Because who the fuck is going to take you seriously? If you're marching for world peace in general with large and loud banners proclaiming:
Way to go, captain obvious....
.........you seriously are going to get nowhere. You have to be pretty naive to assume you can stop a war raging in Rwanda by protesting on comfy streets in New York. As honorable as it may seem, its pointless. There are more effective and quieter ways to work towards world peace.
What these protests achieve at most is a certain degree of empathy and sympathy. If you're looking for policy change for world peace, it is impossible.
because realistically speaking,
NO ONE COUNTRY CAN MAKE THE WORLD A MORE PEACEFUL PLACE AND STOP WARS EVERYWHERE WITH PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL POLICY CHANGES........
Even the UN has failed to do what it was set up in 1945 to do. The most it has done is to send in TROOPS in troubles spots. Way to go! Nice way to stop a war.
what a peace process has come to be viewed as...it sickens me
Run for congress and try to get some public policies out which make going to war more difficult. Have mass rallies for the politicians or representatives gunning for peace. Or better, start an awareness newsletter or magazine which informs the people to vote out War-Mongers from Cabinet next election.
Penn & Teller rubbished all peace protests and gave what they thought was a solution to world peace, which i agree with.
FREE TRADE AND BUSINESS
It worked for Britain and France. Two countries, used to chopping each other up. Now they trade in Euros with one another, are dependent on each other for trade and business, even though the French pretty much still have the Brits and vice versa.
Malaysia ans Singapore are not at war already because Singapore relies on Malaysia for water, food manufacturing and BRAINS, while Malaysia relies on Singapore for its oil refineries.
The US does consider going to war with Iran and North Korea as they don;t rely on these nations for anything, except for the oil in Iran, which they're not getting anyway and want so badly, war is a good idea.
I don't start fights with my neighbours because good relationships benefit me. It enables me to trade my large collection of GOOD MUSIC for their collection of DVD QUALITY MOVIES.
Stop embargoing unstable nations and engage in free trade with them....make them DEPENDENT on the world so much so that they won't dare stir up trouble in case of later embargos which WILL hurt them.
Because quite frankly, a trade embargo on self sufficient Iran is a fool's errand. They have allies to trade with in the Middle East. Now, if free trade was more open wiht direct trading with the West instead of making policies which force them to get Western goods through the middle men in the pro US middle east nations, the world won't have such problems.
It is not an honorable way of achieving peace. Does not have the selflessness and romantic ring to it which candlelight vigils and mourning has, but it is the most effective.
What these protests achieve at most is a certain degree of empathy and sympathy. If you're looking for policy change for world peace, it is impossible.
because realistically speaking,
NO ONE COUNTRY CAN MAKE THE WORLD A MORE PEACEFUL PLACE AND STOP WARS EVERYWHERE WITH PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL POLICY CHANGES........
Even the UN has failed to do what it was set up in 1945 to do. The most it has done is to send in TROOPS in troubles spots. Way to go! Nice way to stop a war.
what a peace process has come to be viewed as...it sickens meRun for congress and try to get some public policies out which make going to war more difficult. Have mass rallies for the politicians or representatives gunning for peace. Or better, start an awareness newsletter or magazine which informs the people to vote out War-Mongers from Cabinet next election.
Penn & Teller rubbished all peace protests and gave what they thought was a solution to world peace, which i agree with.
FREE TRADE AND BUSINESS
It worked for Britain and France. Two countries, used to chopping each other up. Now they trade in Euros with one another, are dependent on each other for trade and business, even though the French pretty much still have the Brits and vice versa.
Malaysia ans Singapore are not at war already because Singapore relies on Malaysia for water, food manufacturing and BRAINS, while Malaysia relies on Singapore for its oil refineries.
The US does consider going to war with Iran and North Korea as they don;t rely on these nations for anything, except for the oil in Iran, which they're not getting anyway and want so badly, war is a good idea.
I don't start fights with my neighbours because good relationships benefit me. It enables me to trade my large collection of GOOD MUSIC for their collection of DVD QUALITY MOVIES.
Stop embargoing unstable nations and engage in free trade with them....make them DEPENDENT on the world so much so that they won't dare stir up trouble in case of later embargos which WILL hurt them.
Because quite frankly, a trade embargo on self sufficient Iran is a fool's errand. They have allies to trade with in the Middle East. Now, if free trade was more open wiht direct trading with the West instead of making policies which force them to get Western goods through the middle men in the pro US middle east nations, the world won't have such problems.
It is not an honorable way of achieving peace. Does not have the selflessness and romantic ring to it which candlelight vigils and mourning has, but it is the most effective.
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