Is Peace Bliss? by Danny

Peace only exists because there can be war, but war is unnecessary because war is artificial where as peace is natural and requires no resources. While some might argue war is necessary and that even animals fight over resources, such as food and shelter just as humans do. However, as humans we are far more intelligent than animals and therefore should have an understanding how detrimental war is to us as a society, as a species.

Furthermore war destroys our planet, where as peace preserves it. As an intelligent species, humans understand this, but because we are caught up in our own problems nobody takes a second thought on how unnecessary war is.  Wars cost money and the lives of many.  War might seem necessary at times, for example when the twin towers were hit people wanted justice and revenge for those who perished so suddenly and unfairly. Unfortunately vengeance and anger made the United States blindly charge into a war and in the end accomplished nothing but more pointless deaths and wasted billions of dollars on war equipment  As Mohandas Gandhi said, “an eye for an eye makes everyone blind."

Many groups have accomplished their goals through peaceful protests. For example, Martin Luther King, the leader of the Civil Rights Movement, and a very intelligent man who understood violence would lead to more violence, embraced non-aggression. Unfortunately the world was not ready to accept peace at the time, and this resulted in Mr.King’s assassination. However, even thought it cost him his life, Mr. King was able to make a giant leap in racial equality through the process of peaceful protest and is a prefect example of how peace is a far better tool than a gun.

Unfortunately, there are times when war is needed. If your life ,liberty or loved one is threatened one must fight to keep those things safe. There will always be things worth fighting for and there will always be a war as long as there is something worth dying for. Until the day humanity realizes killing each other on such a massive scale is no longer war and instead genocide, there will always be war and at the end of that war there will be peace.

           

            In short, humanity cannot have eternal peace because we are simply not ready for it. War is nothing more than justified genocide and peace is only a goal we want to achieve; and, in order to achieve peace one must wage war. War only exists because there is peace and peace exists because there is war. Humanity will be stuck in this paradox until we either evolve past it or until humanity completely destroys its self. Which ever comes first is up to the choices we make.

 Works Cited

"Peace on Earth? Why War Can Never Finally Win." Golden Age of Gaia. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Nov. 2013.

"Would the World Be a More Peaceful Place If There Was Only One Religion?" The Premier Online Debate Website. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Nov. 2013.