Teachings,+fighting+for+peace

Fighting for Peace
(James Windu)

In a perfect world there would be peace all the time. Do we live in a perfect world? Will we ever live in a perfect world? Hate to break it to you but no. perfection is the only thing that is impossible in this world, but does this mean that peace is something that is imposable to reach? Many people would say yes, but I and many Jedi here would have to say that peace is reachable, the only question is how?

As Jedi we are taught to reach peace through negotiation and many other ways that do not involve fighting. This should be used whenever appropriate but if the situation calls for something more you need to be ready for it, and this is why we also teach martial arts and self defense to our Jedi. You would think that a Jedi should know the line right? Heck as a reasonably smart person you should know it.

In this world there are bad people who want nothing more than going down in history as such. There are people who kill for money, religion, fame, and so many things that are only right in there twisted minds. Sometimes these people are leaders of countries and terrorist groups. Sometimes countries like the United States steps in to help bring peace to the people who are suffering from that mentioned above. Sometimes these peace seeking countries mess up as expected but overall they do try as hard as they can to help bring the world to peace. Whether it be creating a group for world leaders to negotiate their troubles, sending some troops to get rid of the bad guys, creating a group to go over to troubling countries to aid them, or just doing whatever it can to help out, we can all agree that their intentions are well. But just like situations that the Jedi sometimes come across, fighting is sometimes necessary for peace in this world.

Now I bet if you ask a Jedi what he would do if some crazy guy who was nonnegotiable was beating up some guy who could not defend himself I bet you would get some what of the same answer from everyone. Now ask him if he agrees with war. Some might change their answer, but why? I’ll leave you guys to answer.

Personally I hate war. It is mans darkest hour and I wish it would never be necessary. But it is. Sure there is no peace during war… but was there peace before the war? Not having war when necessary is like that Jedi from above saying he would just leave the man to be beaten to death. And then the beater would hunt down more and more helpless victims until either everyone in the city gave him there wallet or he beat everyone, and that is something that cannot happen. Do people not realize this when they bash on war? It’s messy but then again so is the situation before it.

Sometimes wars make things worse than they were before. Everyone makes mistakes right? War is an option that should be used as a last resort when nothing more can be done. And sometimes war cannot fix things either. If people end the wars at the right time then wars like Vietnam and Korea would be written a little bit better in the history books. Sometimes knowing when to stop comes too late, but people learn from their mistakes and are better because of it. And that is why I’m confident that something like that will not happen again.

War. It sucks. But then again so does everything else that leads up to it. If people would just listen to each other and care about each other, and not be on a quest for power and attention. Than the world would be such a better place. Maybe even something close to perfect right? However there will always be bad people. I just hope that there will always be a few countries that care about the rest and will take a stand against the bad people. Countries that will continue to help despite the contradiction from not only other countries, but some of the people inside it as well. Countries that will do anything to try to keep the peace of the world and its people happy, even if it means putting the countries itself through a very hard time. Hmm…sounds allot like the Jedi now doesn’t it?