The Good Old Peace Protests

Source: we-celebrate.com

People like John Lennon remind you of the prominent peace activists of the last century who have changed a lot of minds. I sometimes wish I had lived in the 60s and the 70s. At least it was fashionable to root for peace back then. Now, after all these years, do you see the same number of peace protests while we still have all the wars? People look at you as if you are a moron if you talk about peace. Maybe it is just me or maybe the world has become a much more realistic place than it used to be. As a matter of fact, the world has become more prone to violence and wars. The economy is in turmoil, class inequality is at its worst, unemployment except for a few countries in the world is at record levels and what else.

The modern world has becoming the breeding grounds for intolerance in the age of information, despite the age of information. There is terrorism, yes. But that is what the terrorists do. The terrorism is further spawning violence and intolerance to the extent that sometimes it seems we are approaching a point of no return when it comes to acceptance. The terrorists are turning all the people into terrorists in their own domain and that is the most terrifying thought. The world needs the hope for peace again.

But who wants to be crucified again?

Making an effort for Peace.

This is something you can never achieve by distributing the Nobel Prize for Peace every year and make a mockery of it. However, people like John Lennon can do it in this way very effectively.

Wars cost a lot of money. Peace costs nothing.

Today, on Lennon’s birthday, here is the song that I am reminded of again and again. It is a good description of our world and of ourselves.

None of us really wants to, it seems.

Happy Birthday John Lennon in no Hell below us.