What would you do for world peace?

[Neytiri]

I'd eat grilled grubs and grass and live in a tent for the rest of my life. You?

[Tsawke'iheyu]

I would fly an Ikran and watch the people killing themselves for peace. :rotfl:

[Grif]

I'd be a martyr if I knew for sure we would have it.

[Prometheus]

I would do what was necessary and what was within my means to do so. Sounds non specific, I know, but whatever I did would entirely depend on what situation I found myself in. I would, however, try to get myself into a position where I could have the most influence. If that meant going back into politics again, I would, but I would be doing it entirely differently to what I did before. I would also encourage others of like mind to follow. However, it wouldn't be my first option.

[Cynical Skyman]

" What would you do? " - As in " How far would you go? "

[Neytiri]

" What would you do? " - As in " How far would you go? "


Violence not included.

[Malu tek tek]

I'd be a marter if I knew for sure we would have it.

thats Martyr, and yes so would i

[i love neytiri!]

If it was necessary then i would sleep with Angelina Jolie and Megan Fox.... at the same time... But ONLY for world peace, no personal gains...

[Malu tek tek]

Skxawng pervert

[ProfoundHeart]

If it was necessary then i would sleep with Angelina Jolie and Megan Fox.... at the same time... But ONLY for world peace, no personal gains...

Completely irrelevant to given question.
No need for it, not in a thread addressing quite a significant personal question like this.

[Grif]

If it was necessary then i would sleep with Angelina Jolie and Megan Fox.... at the same time... But ONLY for world peace, no personal gains...

Oh behave /Austin Power's voice

No but seriously, try to keep your posts in this forum sort of serious.

[i love neytiri!]

Completely irrelevant to given question.
No need for it, not in a thread addressing quite a significant personal question like this.

Ok but it was just a joke and if you read some of the above posts then you will see everyone has offered some hypothetical situation. No offense intended but its so hypothetical even a serious answer makes no difference. I think I read other jokes up there^ anyway.

[ProfoundHeart]

Ok but it was just a joke and if you read some of the above posts then you will see everyone has offered some hypothetical situation. No offense intended but its so hypothetical even a serious answer makes no difference. I think I read other jokes up there^ anyway.

Thinking hypothetically will get you no where.
But really, the joke was just slightly inappropriate.

[i love neytiri!]

I would fly an Ikran and watch the people killing themselves for peace. :rotfl:

Why is making a comment like this not picked up yet i say something and everyone overeacts!! Absurd double standards by some people. But in my mind both are jokes, I have no problem with either but if your going to highlight my comment and ignore this then that is pretty hypocritical.

[i love neytiri!]

Thinking hypothetically will get you no where.
None the less, the joke was inappropriate.

BUT THIS IS A HYPOTHETICAL POST!!! So you are thinking hypothetically yourself! Your not going to sacrifice something and then magically get world peace are you?????

[ProfoundHeart]

BUT THIS IS A HYPOTHETICAL POST!!! So you are thinking hypothetically yourself! Your not going to sacrifice something and then magically get world peace are you?????

Nope. But many sacrifices, from MANY people, could lead to such a thing.

[i love neytiri!]

Nope. But many sacrifices, from MANY people, could lead to such a thing.

I completely agree with you, but it was nothing more than a joke. However highlighting my comment and ignoring others I found to be a bit hypocritical. I don't think either comment was inappropriate. I was going to come back and actually offer a hypothetical scenario for myself but instead I had to go on the defense.

[tsteu taronyu]

I read a similar thread where the OP asked if you would put a child in a box for the rest of its life in return for utopia. That one was able to really spark some debate.

Bit off topic, but this thread just reminded of it. As for what I would do for world peace...martyrdom sounds good (going down in a super way like Trudy did would be ideal). But maybe there are things worse out there than death; like being tortured everyday for the rest of your life, or something like that.

[ProfoundHeart]

I completely agree with you, but it was nothing more than a joke. However highlighting my comment and ignoring others I found to be a bit hypocritical. I don't think either comment was inappropriate. I was going to come back and actually offer a hypothetical scenario for myself but instead I had to go on the defense.

I am sorry, I had no intention to offend you in such a way you felt your dignity was at stake.
I am embarrassed at such immature targeting. I understand it was only humor, and I should've said something in a better way then I did. I do not wish to discourage you from posting what you want to, so please go ahead.
But I do hope you know the limit between humor, and vileness.

I do apologize, I was just upset to see such a post in a thread I thought to be somewhat serious, and it is.

Go ahead friend, post you opinions, I was wrong to say you were at fault.
I am sorry.

[i love neytiri!]

I am sorry, I had no intention to offend you in such a way you felt your dignity was at stake.
I am embarrassed at such immature targeting. I understand it was only humor, and I should've said something in a better way then I did. I do not wish to discourage you from posting what you want to, so please go ahead.
But I do hope you know the limit between humor, and vileness.

I do apologize, I was just upset to see such a post in a thread I thought to be somewhat serious, and it is.

Go ahead friend, post you opinions, I was wrong to say you were at fault.
I am sorry.


I never felt my dignity was at stake. Far from it. You have no need to apologise, if you found my joke to have an element of 'vileness' then it is I who should be apologising to you. Again if you found it offensive then i'm genuinely sorry. It is a serious thread overall but often the more serious a situation the more humour is called for. Maybe it was just the wrong type of joke. I would like to apologise again and hopefully we can just forget about it and move on, it was just a bit of humour to lighten the mood before I was going to say, the things I just couldn't face for world peace and the things I would just about have the courage for.

[tsteu taronyu]

Hehehe, Lalorz and "I love Neytiri" make it look like they're best friends now! That little issue was cleared up pretty fast at any rate.

But back on topic. For world peace, I'd also like to add that, as much as I love it, I might even have to give up acknowledging that Avatar exists :( . It's the utopia that all of us dream of, and no one has. If Pandora did exist, and we had the chance to go there, then I may very well would be forced by morals to decline in light of world peace.

[Elyannia]

Ive been a vegetarian for 7 years and I would eat meat again if it meant we could have world peace.

[Pa'li Makto]

I'd say giving a moving speech to millions-and I would be trembling all over-public speaking was never my forte
that and living in nature but occasionally going out into society to teach them of the balance of nature and its wonders
We don't need to fight over things like land and resources, gaia freely gives to everyone
and only demands that we look after what we get-which many people fail to do-
energy borrowed-energy given back
its simple, yet some find it too much to ask

[chilfit]

World peace?! Firstly we should see the world by different eyes and then we will see the reality. As a first step you should think about the role of the USA... who gave it the right to be in Iraq or Afganistan? Oil=unobtanium...
The same for France and Belgium in case of Congo and Rwanda, 5+1 million deaths... a shame of mankind... you should firstly think about your own role overthere and then about world peace and the role in it of the others. (Same for EU and UN)

Everyone should watch the documentary "Home" on youtube and joining the Na'vi Movement!

[Shatnerpossum]

Ah, but would you eat a baby for world peace?

[abdisavatar]

get all the cats we cand find, and go on a far out protest, man. and by cats i mean like the term people not like the animals

[Na'vi_warrior]

I'd vote for Socialdemokratiska arbetarpartiet (Democratic Socialist Worker's Party). They're HORRIBLE and I'd rather live in Northern Siberia for the rest of my life than seeing them ruling this country! But for peace... yes.

[Lovecraft]

World peace can never happen...

[Grif]

I'd be a martyr if I knew for sure we would have it.

And I would be willing to kill...



World peace can never happen...

You say that because the human race has never had it.

[Velatieren]

I would also be willing to kill. Or stop being Avatar fan. I dunno which would be first on my ''primary'' list xP

[ZenitYerkes]

I would give my life for it.

It's worth it.

[Life]

I would definitely become a martyr. But killing someone..it's easy to say you would kill but I can't picture myself actually looking into someone's face then killing them...I probably would not be able to kill for world peace.

[ZenitYerkes]

Making a point on the giving your life for peace; wouldn't it be better to dedicate your life to make this a peaceful place instead of just saying "I'd die for it"?

Being a corpse doesn't help much to world peace.

[Life]

Making a point on the giving your life for peace; wouldn't it be better to dedicate your life to make this a peaceful place instead of just saying "I'd die for it"?

Being a corpse doesn't help much to world peace.


Yeah I was thinking about that at first but I think the OP was asking what you would be willing to sacrifice if the result of that sacrifice would be world peace. That seemed to be the direction of the thread anyways.

[punishingwrath]

I would take over the world and appoint myself the dictator for life, then proceed to round up anyone who disagrees with me and put them into work camps until they change their political outlook.

All for world peace.

[momourish]

Man=War so if you want peace prepare for war. This was said by the Romans and still today it is basically the same.
I am not a pessimist but this question I can´t answear well.

[tsteu taronyu]

I'm sure a lot of people would become martyrs for world peace...but would a single martyr really cut it? It doesn't seem like a balanced trade off: one life gone to have hundreds of thousands, if not millions of lives saved that would've have otherwise disappeared in the face of war and genocide. The only sure fire way to ensure world peace is if we all became martyrs...or if something so terrible happened that it would force all of humanity to band together.

[fortress8]

World piece not in a million years so i won't even try. Peace period? not in a billion years. Don't get your hopes up people

[Apex Predator]

There is no peace without war. Hate to break it to ya, but as long as humans are still around, there will be conflict and fighting. Nothing anyone can do about it.

[Arbuz]

i would fight guerilla wars in africa

[Na'viking]

i would lead a revolt of 50million americans to protest

[punishingwrath]

I would create kill camps where we execute anyone who disagrees with the idea of American Imperialism while taking over the world and forcing peace on the general population. To force peace on them I would end all wars by killing the belligerent factions off and figuratively holding guns to the heads of anyone whom I think is going to start anything.
Of course, the middle east would have to be genocided. That's the only way to fight terrorism.

[Olo'eyjktan]

I would create kill camps where we execute anyone who disagrees with the idea of American Imperialism while taking over the world and forcing peace on the general population. To force peace on them I would end all wars by killing the belligerent factions off and figuratively holding guns to the heads of anyone whom I think is going to start anything.
Of course, the middle east would have to be genocided. That's the only way to fight terrorism.

I think itd be quicker to put the racists in crazy bins
for all with eyes

[punishingwrath]

Putting racists away would be foolish, and probably counter-productive, seeing as how a little racism in society is what actually defines diversity, something which is essential for human survival.

The reason the middle east has to be wiped out is because terrorists function by playing off the hatred that the people there have for foreigners. Invasions only increase hatred and further drive people to joining up with them. There is no way to fight terrorism other than genocide, and leaving terrorists alone does absolutely nothing to solve the problems they present.

[Tsyal Makto]

I would create kill camps where we execute anyone who disagrees with the idea of American Imperialism while taking over the world and forcing peace on the general population. To force peace on them I would end all wars by killing the belligerent factions off and figuratively holding guns to the heads of anyone whom I think is going to start anything.
Of course, the middle east would have to be genocided. That's the only way to fight terrorism.

Please tell me you're joking...?

[Atokirina']

Well, world peace is a very difficult (if not impossible) goal, humans fight because that's their nature, we've being doing it since human history began.
Anyway, if I had the key to achieve it, I'd do whatever I was asked to do. And with that I mean WHATEVER.
I'll finish with this last quote "The oppsite of war is not peace, it's creation..."

[aoitennyo]

I'd be a martyr if I knew for sure we would have it.

Definitely. If it were a even a possibility that my death would bring about world peace I wouldn't hesitate.

[superpidrooo]

I don´t know what I would do... may be to live my own life by myself... humans in general are so idiots... we will never see a world of peace

[punishingwrath]

Please tell me you're joking...?

Eh, half-joking. I wouldn't create kill camps. Too cruel, and more importantly they're a waste of money, space, and cheap labour. Everything else I said is the only realistic way to ensure world peace though, and in that the reason it will never happen. Try to get a super power to condone genocide. It isn't easy, and there's no real certainty of greater good with it. You wipe out millions and may end up with nothing but a pissed off population of people who want to lynch you for crimes against humanity.

[Theorist]

World peace can never happen...

What is Peace?

Is it not being at war? or is it something more? Is it tranquility, harmony, a tension free life? Is it being one with nature? Is it loving and accepting everyone? Is it never having aggression towards another?

I'm totally stumped on what true peace is. I tried to write an essay defining it once, but I got stuck, and couldn't.

Depending on what peace is, I'm not sure if it truly can be obtained. Even the Navi, they fight occasionally. They live in a world where there are struggles. They kill other animals for food. Other animals kill them.

Even without humans, gruesome things happen in Nature. Wolves eat moose alive, it's very gruesome. That's life though... "one lif ends, another begins"

Perhaps peace is contentness and acceptance of everything and realization of what must happen.

I don't know. What is peace?

[Neytiri]

One piece of wisdom says that Peace is not a destination, it is a way of life, it is every step of the way. This is the way that I personally tend to look at what it would take to create Peace in the world. In other words, to believe that we could gain peace by going to war is utterly foolish, you see? :) Self-defense is necessary, but not the wars that we wage today. Wars for oil and other things that negate and destroy the human spirit.
I know that many "logical" people believe it is "hokey" to think like me, but I truly believe that karma exists, and sooner or later everything that is perpetrated must be answered for. This is why I hold fast to the idea of World Peace, because its alternative is utter destruction. War sucks. Common sense tells us that it sucks to have your leg blown off for oil and gold. Common sense tells us that losing family and friends to war overrides the lack of the oil incredibly, in terms of pain. Common sense tells me that we are really immature as a species right now, and that I am equally well off operating with the innocence of a kindergartner. The alternative sucks.

[Sight]

I would walk ten million miles. More, if it was required.

[navi31337]

I'd be a martyr if I knew for sure we would have it.
That was almost exactly what I was gonna say!..... thread idea!

[Theorist]

There is no peace without war. Hate to break it to ya, but as long as humans are still around, there will be conflict and fighting. Nothing anyone can do about it.

While it may be right that just because we aren't at war doesn't mean we are in peace, but each war pushes us farther and farther away from peace. It doesn't matter which war, every single one shows that we still lack the ability to solve our problems without killing people.

Ps: I know fighting world war II to save people from the death camps was important, but there were alterior motives for why the US joined that war.

[Zapgun]

What I would do for world peace? Its quite simple, and people are already doing it.

I will prepare for war, because there would always be people like you who want to force their way of life onto me and are willing to go to war over it.

[josie20]

As long as there is life, there will be no peace. In order to achieve peace, all life must travel to the after life. Thus, all life must be eradicated. As long as there is life, there will be peace, moments of complete tranquility. But this life we live now is not life at all. As long as there is death, there will be no peace. So we must achieve immortality in order to reach this idea of peace. As long as there is immortality, there will be no peace. And so we must choose death. For in death, we will achieve immortality. In immortality, we will experience true life. In true life, we will be in the afterlife. And only in the afterlife, will we achieve peace. What must we do for world peace? We must all find death.

[Neytiri]

Do you mean ego-death, Josie? As in nirvana? And if that's what you mean, then yes, I kind of agree with you that ego-death is not something most people experience in this life. Some have, but only for certain periods of time... it's actually physically impossible to function in the physical world if your ego died...here I am referrring to the left side of the brain, the one that holds the ego and steers daily tasks. But the more you can live in your right brain, the more peace you can achieve in this life.

Check out this you tube clip, it's one of my favorite... listen to it all the way to the end, and then it will make sense how it relates to world peace...
YouTube - How it feels to have a stroke (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyyjU8fzEYU)

[josie20]

Neytiri, in death we will find immortality, because we only die once. Since we will be immortal, we will experience what life truly is. What is true life? true life is the afterlife. The afterlife is heaven. And only in heaven will we find peace. To find peace, we must lose ourselves(our bodies must die). This "life" we are living now is not life. This "life" is just the doorway, a doorway that leads to an eternal peace in heaven.

[Shahaylu]

I'd be a martyr if I knew for sure we would have it.

Yeah I agree, self sacrifice for the greater good just makes sense. Ignorance is a main roadblock in the journey to world peace.

[Zapgun]

yeah, ignorance and limited resources.

Limited resources and ignorance, and differing cultural values.

The THREE things, differing cultural values, limited resources and ignorance, and old fashioned blood feuds...

the FOUR things that cause war, differing cultural values, limited resources and ignorance, and old fashioned blood feuds and human rights...

do you see what I am getting at here? The world is friggen complicated, there is no one reason why anyone goes to war, because everyone has their own reason for taking up arms and marching. To even dare to paint such generalizations on people who do violence to others is stupid, and would never help towards the goal of world peace.

And how the hell will you justify to the father who is the only reason his daughter, son, and wife are still alive today who loves his family very very much to kill himself in the name of some faceless emotionless 'greater good'.

Define THE greater good to me, and I do not want your greater good, because my rebuttal will then be "who died and made you king? Why do you get to decide what the greater good is?"

I want you to think before you open your mouth.

[Starskillz]

Somewhere, I once read a very smart truism.

The solution to world peace is to give every man, child, and woman on this Earth a gun. That's right, a gun.

Then we would see what happens. Because remember as the genius Latin speakers used to say "if you seek peace, prepare for war"

Personal sacrifice doesn't make sense. I don't owe anyone anything. They don't owe me. Survival of the fittest is the only way this world ever worked or will work.

[madman]

If it was necessary then i would sleep with Angelina Jolie and Megan Fox.... at the same time... But ONLY for world peace, no personal gains...

Oh my.... Tempting, but I chose Neytiri. I just hope she will chose me!!! ;)

[josie20]

Do you mean ego-death, Josie? As in nirvana? And if that's what you mean, then yes, I kind of agree with you that ego-death is not something most people experience in this life. Some have, but only for certain periods of time... it's actually physically impossible to function in the physical world if your ego died...here I am referrring to the left side of the brain, the one that holds the ego and steers daily tasks. But the more you can live in your right brain, the more peace you can achieve in this life.

Check out this you tube clip, it's one of my favorite... listen to it all the way to the end, and then it will make sense how it relates to world peace...
YouTube - How it feels to have a stroke (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyyjU8fzEYU)

That's a great video.