THE WAYS AND MEANS OF PEACE

THE WAYS AND MEANS OF PEACE ~ 49 ~ to. Youths, surcharged with emotion, resort to venting their ever-increasing hatred for their supposed enemy by carrying out suicide bombings. The politics of religion being “under attack” in its final phase turns into the politics of “religious” suicide. Launching their movements in the name of the revival of religion proves to be the death knell for themselves as well as for others. The truth is that the only way to extricate oneself from such destructive politics is to hold violence as a form of action to be rejected in all circumstances. No excuses, however weighty they may appear, should be treated as sufficient to justify the use of violence. The present world is a world of differences. Every man is Mr. Different and every woman is Ms. Different. That is why all kinds of differences exist among people. But when these differences take on an emotional aspect, it leads people into malevolent conduct. And then society as a whole becomes wracked with violence. There is only one possible solution to this problem. And that is to inculcate the notion that all members of society must work within a peaceful sphere,