So, when two kids are fighting, or one kid is hitting another, do you stand off to the side pleading with them/her to stop, or do you step in, stop them and keep them stopped?
If they are kids, I step in, and stop them. If they are the president of the United States, I expect them to solve their problems on a constructive way theirselves.
In my opinion, war is *never* `the right thing' to do.
I'm active in a kind of youth movement. If two kids are fighting, they always both are convinced that they are right themselves, and the other one is wrong. So then they fight, and after that the `winner' thinks that he has made his point clear to the `loser'.
Wrong. The loser gets frustrated, because he's still convinced that he's right, and now the other one has even beaten him up ! You can be sure that the problem won't be solved this way.
I'm sure Bush is convinced that he's doing the right thing. I'm sure Saddam is convinced that he 's doing the right thing too. These two people should talk to each other. On a grown-up way. They should try to understand why they are mad at each other. They should try to find a solution together.
It's not easy. It's very difficult. But I think it's possible. They are both human beings, aren't they.
Probably all this is a little naive. But how can I tell my children not to fight, when the great leaders on this earth do ?
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So, when two kids are fighting, or one kid is hitting another, do you stand off to the side pleading with them/her to stop, or do you step in, stop them and keep them stopped?
If they are kids, I step in, and stop them. If they are the president of the United States, I expect them to solve their problems on a constructive way theirselves.
In my opinion, war is *never* `the right thing' to do.
I'm active in a kind of youth movement. If two kids are fighting, they always both are convinced that they are right themselves, and the other one is wrong. So then they fight, and after that the `winner' thinks that he has made his point clear to the `loser'.
Wrong. The loser gets frustrated, because he's still convinced that he's right, and now the other one has even beaten him up ! You can be sure that the problem won't be solved this way.
I'm sure Bush is convinced that he's doing the right thing. I'm sure Saddam is convinced that he 's doing the right thing too. These two people should talk to each other. On a grown-up way. They should try to understand why they are mad at each other. They should try to find a solution together.
It's not easy. It's very difficult. But I think it's possible. They are both human beings, aren't they.
Probably all this is a little naive. But how can I tell my children not to fight, when the great leaders on this earth do ?