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Nothing Comes From Violence

It looks like ever since the beginning of mankind, that we are condemned to violence, specially against the weak. We read about it everyday in the newspapers, we see it everyday in the television.

Our governments spend obscene amounts of taxpayers money pursuing more sophisticated and powerful weapons which do not contribute nothing to the happiness or wealth of the citizens. Ironically, and just as in George Orwell novel '1984', the 'Ministry of War' was called 'Ministry of Peace', so our governments name our 'Attack Ministry" the 'Defense Ministry'. Even more ironically still, the countries with the largest stocks of Weapons of Mass Destruction (the ones which were never found in Iraq) are the ones who try to prevent other countries from acquiring them.

Could it be that mankind is doomed to self annihilation? The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists have created a symbolicDoomsday Clock that marks the minutes before midnight, where midnight represents "catastrophic destruction". That clock is mentioned often in the recent movie Watchmen.

I'm against the use of violence with the exceptional case of self-defense. Violence only breeds more violence, and as Mahatma Gandhi said 'An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind'. We are all humans, with all our feelings, thoughts, dreams, hopes, aspirations, flaws and frailties.

A favorite quote of mind is 'Hate has a reason for everything, but love is unreasonable' by Raiuhes Ahaefvthe.

And to finish this post, I leave here the words of wisdom ofMonsieur Le Sting:

Fragile, by Sting

If blood will flow when fresh and steel are one
Drying in the colour of the evening sun
Tomorrows rain will wash the stains away
But something in our minds will always stay
Perhaps this final act was meant
To clinch a lifetimes argument
That nothing comes from violence and nothing ever could
For all those born beneath an angry star
Lest we forget how fragile we are

On and on the rain will fall
Like tears from a star like tears from a star
On and on the rain will say
How fragile we are how fragile we are

On and on the rain will fall
Like tears from a star like tears from a star
On and on the rain will say
How fragile we are how fragile we are
How fragile we are how fragile we are ...