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The resources currently used for war should be used to stop famine and to fund access for people with impairments throuhout this globe, then we can start to think we are working for real civilisation on this planet. Keith On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 10:53:23 +0100 Andy Velarde <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Very interesting thoughts. War can be analysed from different perspectives: > economics, psychology, law, etc. Following your point of view I would add > that comon people are manipoulated by the few who control power (generate > public opionion, are in decision making positions, etc in the private and > public sectors),and who would have some type of benefit from the > economic/political outcome of the war, or whose aspirations and emotions are > governed by a sadistic plesure of killing/subjugating/other human beings. My > reading of history is that only a further democratisation of societies could > really control the sadistic human tendency of the few. Good people need to > be involved in the running of the 'Polis' (society). I agree that it is very > little one person can do to stop the war, but we need to try by generating > debate. The first the second, ww, the vietnam, corean wars were not > innevitable. Why we couldn't stop it? we really need to answer this question > because the world may not have another chance. Individuals need to > participate, generate, organise debate, it is the only way. Even if our own > opinion does not prevail in the first place. A participatory society is the > best cure to the totalitarian temptation of the few and the inevitable > future of our only world. Peace really needs a chance,AV > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ColRevs" <[log in to unmask]> -- War makes people ill. ________________End of message______________________ Archives and tools for the Disability-Research Discussion List are now located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can JOIN or LEAVE the list from this web page.