The United Nations has declared Sep 21st (tomorrow) as the international day of peace.  It would be nice to celebrate another year of peace on Sept 21 each year but sadly world wide peace continues to elude us.

Sometimes peace in the bar down the street, the neighbourhood market or local school eludes us.  This is a sad state of affairs.  Peace is only logical.

On September 21st the United Nations recognizes those  who have tried to keep the peace during the previous year.

A Show of Force

Although the human race excels at innovation and continuous improvement of quality of life and cultural openness, on the whole, there are disturbing pockets of illogical unpeaceful behaviour.

How can an intelligent species like humans (we consider ourselves to be at the top of the intelligence curve) believe the best approach to peace is a show of force.

The United Nations has a peace keeping force.  The sovereign nation of Japan does not have an army but rather a self defence force.  However you label it, using aggression to ensure freedom from disturbance,  that is a state of tranquility, seems a bit of misguided approach.

Peace is Good

Strangely to me, humanity has not yet adopted a universal value embracing a state of perpetual peace.  Peace is the only acceptable condition for co- habiting members of the human race and it should be inviolate.

Peace is good, great, extraordinary.  Peace is the only way.  Protecting the peace with aggression is illogical.  Aggression has no place in a peaceful society.