Thursday, September 25, 2014

Peacebuilding

I think to build peace, "helping", "alliance" comes to my mind. What I meant was helping each other on positive circumstances. In order to help people, people usually think that they have to be powerful enough otherwise they will drag each other down and peace is no longer building, in order to accomplish, a leader for both sides that represent non-violent should step out and negotiate. For example, the peace between the government and the citizens, now this is the most often one and most of the time they deal with the issue without arms. I think that the Peace movement is a great way, without violent people can achieve more, conversation, argument, definitely better than fighting and gun shooting. During a peace movement, thing sometimes can get out of hand, which is when the citizens starts attack by throwing molotov, rocks and weapons at the government's soldiers or police. That is when they take the action of shooting and held down people. Sometimes it can get other around, the government want to get rid of the citizens, they will use non-lethal weapon, although it is not life threatening, it ruin the look and respect people toward government. A mediator is necessary, both sides talk about their stands and negotiate a way that is both win or both lose a little. That is what I think peace should be form with trust on the mediator or a leader.

In order to build peace on our next generation, education and entertainment should be PG. Right now, people find that violent games and movie interesting than movie that talks about peace, although there aren't much movie about peace. To students violent games are the easiest way to learn what is violent from, all these game about war, fighting, killing and torturing, etc. Although history are important, but history textbook talks about war, and war are rate the most violent things in the world. When children learn these stuff that had already happened, additionally war games emulate the war in the past. Is that why children these day are violent. We are living in the most peaceful time, we should let our next generation have the same which I think that remod the education information is quite critical.

When talking about violence, there are three types, direct, structural, cultural violence. We are living in the peaceful time because the world is under a government system called "Democracy". The reason why Democracy is so well used because the decision were made by the overall community. The citizens get to choose, and in order to achieve fairness and peace. "Voting" is the key to democracy, Country who use democracy tend to share the same interest and therefore they are more likely to cooperate. Direct violence, most likely to be a poor community, shanty town, hobo camp, etc. Government tax people base on their incomes, so the middle class and the rich can pay fair amount of tax that can used to benefit the poor and still keep their social status. Structural and Cultural Violence, can be racism and heterosexism, can solve by passing law that remove discrimination among race. Different groups of people will stand out and argue and try to get rid of racism. On the change of education, children can learn that racism is bad and racist is horrible. In the future, racist will start decreasing and when they do not have any advantages. The young should not hate each other, in the future you guys might become friends, colleagues, soldiers and even couples. Since we all live in the same country, why don't we focus on academic instead of thinking how to bully. We must be generous and kind to gain benefit and make peace in our country. 

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