Global peace and safety

[Jess]

Originally Posted by June

Heart -- I think most of the time, I feel like nothing I personally do can make a difference in promoting peace. I vote, I speak out, but I am either preaching to the choir or knocking my head against a wall because the people that do the "othering" to justify wars are so entrenched in their ideology, either because of how they were raised, or they are only interested i being spoon fed by Fox news and the right wing "Entertainers" (Rush, Glenn, etc.) because it supports their already racist, narrow minded attitudes.

I feel out of control of our collective destiny. I believe that the world is going to fall apart badly as the need for oil increases. I am afraid that we will be at war with China within ten years over Oil. And that's not a war we can win based on sheer numbers. We are hurtling over the top of peak oil right now and I think we are mostly screwed.

I very much agree with this. Interesting comments from an article regarding Exxon's first quarter profits ...

'In China, the world’s second-largest consumer of oil and gas after the U.S., demand for oil-based fuels such as diesel rose 11 percent during the first three months of this year, almost seven times the U.S.’s 1.6 percent growth rate, according to the International Energy Agency. '
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...ice-surge.html

I don't know how to promote global peace through words. Words fail us at our best attempts too often when communicating with someone of a different culture or upbringing. I find visual communication a better tool for reaching understanding.

Sites like http://www.faces-foundation.org/proj...0-our-projects are helpful to me when trying to educate myself about other cultures.

Good topic to ponder. Thanks.