Are Peace and Non-Violence Outdated Concepts?
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Alan said:
(Tue, Mar 5, 2013 04:32:08 PM)
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| To resolve matters, one must have a clear mind. If a meeting aimed at solving an issue is held, and we approach it with a hot headed attitude, obviously the expected results cannot be attained. Human beings have the ability to think and reason with others. I believe that a peaceful mind is necessary for one to reach a sensible conclusion, one that is not cluttered or affected by thoughts of violence. Decisions taken under the influence may solve an issue temporarily but it may lead to greater problems in the future. A decision taken after careful contemplation and logical reasoning will surely have a positive impact. But there are people in this world, who are too stubborn to reason, or to sit down at a table and discuss matters peacefully, I would suggest the path of peace to them, but if that doesn't work, I bet a strong hand is what it takes to bring such people to understand. Let me quote, "An eye for an eye, makes the whole world blind", So, I don't believe that non violence can always bring a solution to a problem, but as my friends said above, if you can't deal it with any other way, this is the way you have to choose. |
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Kavya said:
(Tue, Oct 23, 2012 10:58:42 PM)
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Dear friends I don't think that peace & non-violence can ever be outdated concepts.
You may have observed it yourself that if we put up our views peacefully & talk politely.
It really makes some difference, rather than we waste our time in shouting & fighting.
Even the rudest person in this world will listen to you and try to understand what you are saying if you are non-violent n peaceful. Everyone will enjoy your company & would like to talk to you.
Although in the present scenario with so much destruction &unrest it sometimes appears that these terms are forgotten, but trust me friends in the end you will come back to this place only. |
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Neha said:
(Sun, Sep 16, 2012 04:17:15 PM)
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Well I think when it comes to your home your personal matters your state. Things can be sought out by peace and non violence. Corruption is that which we have created our ministers have created and it can be dealt by peace and non violence. But I must state everything can't be achieve by alone peace and nonviolence. There are things situations where we have to fight where we have to be violent and it is not at all wrong if we are fighting for something good. If these terrorist are attacking us we must attack them too, here peace and violence fails.
If the other community or country is violent then we have to be violent. Even if you are talking about our country past that because of "only" Gandhi ji and his non violence and peace activities we got independence. I am sorry whosoever stated this was not exactly correct. Our revolutionaries who shed their blood for us for our country not Gandhi ji. They were the people who never died but sacrificed their life for us. They were the real heroes behind our independence. At the end I must contribute that peace and non violence can't work everywhere we have to be violent for the violent terms. |
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Oluch said:
(Thu, Aug 30, 2012 01:16:06 AM)
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| Peace and non-violence are still very relevant.. countries in the world still engage in peaceful demonstrations, boycotts name them...and it working. I think this only calls for patience and strategy.Fighting to acquire what people need currently in the very hostile environment does not mean peace and non violence would not work....i believe that it is the change of strategy to adapt to the changing environment. |
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Abhi said:
(Tue, Apr 17, 2012 11:41:43 PM)
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| Peace and non violence are now no more than just in there practical life. A peace man is today called a meek or a coward. Actually these values don't even work well now a days. |
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Kartika.L said:
(Tue, Jan 31, 2012 07:07:24 PM)
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| Considering the present scenario, I feel that these values are not inculcated in young minds and not given much importance. School kids fight and we see senior people yell at each other. It's been quite a common thing that we all encounter in our daily life. How to eradicate this. ? Simple. , just teach school children, the importance of peace and non-violence factors. They are the pivotal values that every single individual should possess to lead a peaceful good life. |
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Honey said:
(Tue, Dec 6, 2011 03:15:46 PM)
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| Non-violence is not a subject to practice, in theory or in practice, it is all-timely. Non-violence is weapon to conquer upon hatred. It is encouraged to man to respond to the violent by non-violence. Non-violence is the first human value. As M. K. GANDHI STATED- "whenever you are confronted with an opponent, conquer him with love. ". |
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Harsh Gupta said:
(Mon, Oct 10, 2011 12:50:24 PM)
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Peace and Non-violence can never be outdated concepts. In the past, Mahatama Gandhi ended the rule of Britishers over India by strictly non-violent means. And even in the current scenario, recently, Anna Hazare had set such a great example in front of the world by fighting the corruption disease in a non-violent and peaceful way, in which he succeeded. Hence, no doubt Peace and non-violence are Result-oriented tools. A Simple Boycott to a guilty person or organization can make him/it feel its guilt, there would be a change in its soul, which any war can never bring.
Although in some situations, we can raise our hands along with our voice. But that should be in a self-defence. There is a clean difference between Self-Defence and Violence. People must understand that if someone is trying to hit us with anything, we can reply him on the spot by giving him the taste of his own medicine, but the first hand must not be raised by us. Our Constitution also states that we can be violent in case of a self-defence action, it is in our human rights. |
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Sunidhi said:
(Wed, Sep 21, 2011 11:50:09 PM)
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| I personally think that in todays generation a man who have patience can certainly maintain this non violence activity through peaceful means. It depends completely how is the nature of man is. Otherwise fighting this rotten world with non violence is quite impossible. |
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Zeeshan said:
(Fri, Sep 9, 2011 12:11:25 AM)
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| Peace is now replaced by calm, and the non-violence has been replaced by inability. When you understand meaning of peace, its the ability to control our emotions and non-violence it is the fact restrains us being impulsive, Yeah they will never be outdated, as Peace does exist in self, and non-violence is directly proportional to the peace, |
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Meraj Khan said:
(Thu, Aug 18, 2011 07:30:21 PM)
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No not at all. Peace is evergreen and non violence too. But today's politicians have made non violence a child's play by undergoing fasts for silly matters and who know whether they were really fasting or feasting behind the screens. I dont blame all, i blame only a few corrupt guys. Only non violence can solve most problems. Take for example the India and Pakistan peace talk, it is producing more results than the Kargil war. |
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Leye Adesina said:
(Thu, Aug 4, 2011 02:30:00 AM)
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| Peace and Non-violence can and would never be outdated so long conflict violence and persist in our society. Both concepts may sound some how staid to unenlightened minds due to the prevalent general chaos and wars all over the globe, it still does not mean that peace and non-violence are no useful tools in combating these various ills and evils in our society. What we need is a revolutionary reorientation towards the violent and war attitude prevalent in our present society. |
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Ashwin Kumar said:
(Fri, May 6, 2011 05:31:04 AM)
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Peace and non-violence are definitely not outdated concepts. Like some people here have mentioned, you just need to look at the example of Mahatma Gandhi who won us independence from a mighty Empire through truth and non-violence. Also see how the peaceful Jasmine Revolution in the Arab World has relieved the people of Egypt and Tunisia (and probably more to follow) of corrupt and autocratic leaders.
It depends on the situation also. Like Sugu mentioned, we cannot deal with terrorists entering our country in a peaceful way. They must be dealt with ruthlessly. And in a democratic country like India, problems can be solved peacefully. If you are disillusioned with the government and the standard of life, you need not take to arms like the Naxalites. Instead, you can help some of the people suffering like how Dr. Binayak Sen the great human rights activist helped the tribals. |
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Minty said:
(Sat, Feb 26, 2011 09:37:13 AM)
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| Poor minds or half literate men can go for non-violence..One who is literate and matured enough would opt for ethical fight(win-win).Only this can improve you and help others improve.Real joy and peace can be found only with non-violence undoubtedly...otherwise why wouldn't people be just happy and contented with what the world is now(rat race).I'm sure people who strive in rat race would definitely go for a peaceful meditation in their daily life and some how manage like being contented..Cause we cant be totally out of race..No other go we must race but in our way we search for a morning walk peace,going for pleasant outing.. |
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Sugu said:
(Tue, Feb 22, 2011 09:13:44 AM)
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I would like to make a point here. All problems can not be solved by these two concepts. We can not stop a terrorist entering our country by just sitting in a room and discussing the problem over tea. Though these concepts are necessary from humanity point of view but still we can not practice them everywhere.
So these concepts are outdated nowadays.
Today's youth is much more aware of his rights and he know his limits. |
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Keerthi said:
(Wed, Feb 16, 2011 01:38:49 PM)
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| A peaceful mind can think and overcome any problem in the world without violence.so,i with saurab that n sneha's views that peace and non-violence are essential tools for mankind to survive.The great freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi had succeeded in getting independent India through non-violence.so,peace and non-violence are not outdated concepts and these should be the essential concepts at any generation. |
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Sneha said:
(Sun, Feb 13, 2011 11:50:05 AM)
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Peace and non violence can and will occur from time to time. As a coin have two side in the same way we have two types of situation dealing people. One who will actually take a path of violence to make his/her work done or the one who will take a path of peace.
Some situation can be dealt in a peaceful way and some needs to be dealt with harsh step. |
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Psolanki31 said:
(Sat, Feb 12, 2011 07:08:41 AM)
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| In this discussion one participant has rightly said that today's world is rate race and one always try to outplay others, its clear indication of nonviolence and peace. Because instead of fighting, they employ unethical tools, so nonvilence and peace are not outdated, what has outdated is ethics, moral and affection towards each other. |
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Saurabh said:
(Fri, Feb 11, 2011 09:51:28 AM)
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| I vehemently believe that peace and non-violence uphold the spirit of mankind in the truest sense. Man was never meant to be violent. It is unfortunate that the scenario has changed drastically. We are all stuck in the rat race and have tendencies to outplay others by employing shallow means. One must understand that there is a thin line between violence and aggression. It is high time that non-violent men and women raise their voice against violence through peaceful demonstrations and buttress and propagate the concept of peace. Fighting for your rights is not violence provided you don't hurt anyone in the process intentionally. Wars has never done good to mankind if one views the world as one entity. It is true that wars have eliminated or destroyed certain evils in the world. But at what cost? At the cost of lives of innocent and ingenuous men and women being devastated?Is that justified?There are always more peaceful ways to combat terrorism and violence I. E through dialogues and better intelligence etc. Therefore, to conclude I believe that peace and non-violence will never ever be out-dated concepts-rather they are essential for the survival of mankind as a whole. |
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Desh Bhakth said:
(Wed, Feb 2, 2011 03:04:52 AM)
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| War has taken a different form nowadays, they don't involve weapons anymore. They involve cyber warfare. So war itself is non voilent . So there is no topic to discuss as such. But let me tell you people one thing , War has created civilisations, (destroyed them too), created leaders, destroyed evil in the past. In the present we have become so ignoratn , we are not able to distinguish between good and bad. So i think it is better to involve in such wars than remail sidaljf |
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Prateek said:
(Tue, Jan 25, 2011 09:15:23 AM)
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| The greed to be ahead of the surrounding people has completely overtaken peace an non-violence. In today's competitive n fast running life everyone wants to grab the things so quickly that they take either of the ways to get it whether is in peacefully or else if they wot get it they go for it violently. |
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J Akhtar said:
(Wed, Jan 19, 2011 04:35:01 AM)
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| Peace and non violence can never become outdated, they are the tools through which one can put forward his righteous demands, violence increase the misery of lives. If violence is taken course in each sphere of life, the political stability of the world is bound to detoriorate. |
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Bharat said:
(Thu, Jan 13, 2011 06:16:46 AM)
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| Peace and Non Voilence is the tools for all man kind,and this is very important for survive.Science and Tech has imvproved and gone to such a stage that if peace keeping stategy is not followed then entire world can be destroyed with in know time.Our country India is one of the best example who always support and encourage peace.We have best example from History our Ftaher of Nation MK Gandhi who offered us freedom it was late bit fruitful.We have known proofs that shows Voilence is not at all a solution to any problem. |
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Rohit said:
(Sun, Jan 9, 2011 11:48:47 AM)
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| yes,i do agree with u friends as the concept deals with both ends that is positive and negative its our responsibility to judge things according to the situation present i.e,at times violence gives us many unanswered questions,but to ease the pain of the situation we should go by peace and as citizen of country its our responsibility to spread peace and harmony in the country that's what i feel. |
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Nitin said:
(Thu, Jan 6, 2011 09:24:53 AM)
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| i agree with u friends but if we consider other side then these concepts are very necessary for retaining human existence on earth if everyone fights then in future there will be earth without life. |
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Jayanthi said:
(Thu, Dec 30, 2010 06:48:03 AM)
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| Yes, I agree with what Shilpi said. Because in today's competitive world, we cannot retain our own rights with peace and nonviolence. |
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Shilpi said:
(Sat, Jul 24, 2010 02:18:03 PM)
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| Formerly there were leaders who preached us peace n non voilence, but with advancement and awareness everyone is fighting for their own rights. today we have platform where we can fight for our rights. Young minds are more aggressive and excited. They fight and struggle for watever they deserve to recieve.So its not wrong to say that peace and non violence are outdated concepts. |
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