On Remembrance Day
November 11, 2008
To Fight for Peace is to Fight for Life
I was recently asked by a peace activist in Nelson to contribute my definition of peace to a compendium of definitions she was collecting.
As we observe on this day, in solemn ceremonies everywhere our indictment of unjust wars, for what it is worth, my definition of peace.
What is Peace?
Peace is the restraint imposed on aggressive imperialism by the organized political and social actions of the vast majority of humankind as they realize that the basic necessities of life and human happiness can only be achieved in a society that eradicates all of the causes of war.
Peace is neither a sentiment nor a plea to reason. If it were we would have it. Peace is the unavoidable struggle for human existence. To fight for peace is to fight for life. Peace is the objective condition necessary for the existence of human life and in today’s world, of all life.
Don Currie
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