Note from Author: I published this post on Facebook on 21st Sept (The International Day of Peace). This was written in context of the Uri incident.
In the wake of recent Uri incident and the amount of war mongering posts (on both sides of the border that is), the narrative based on hatred, and a misplaced/misguided sense of patriotism and national spirit I consider this my responsibility as citizen of Earth, not that of Pakistan or of India, to remind fellow members of mankind that war is never a solution. We must in fact consider it our most utmost failure and shame that we have to resort to violence and use of force in any matter.
I would like to remind, in good faith, the wisdom of Earth’s most celebrated thinkers. I share below excerpts from EINSTEIN-RUSSELL MANIFESTO (named so after Bertrand Russell and Albert Einstein). This manifesto was written during the time of the Cold War and in the context of ensuing Nuclear Race between nations. At the time of announcement, the manifesto had been signed by 11 renowned scientists and thinkers, 10 of whom had won Nobel Prize.
“We are speaking on this occasion, not as members of this or that nation, continent or creed, but as human beings, members of the species man, whose continued existence is in doubt. The world is full of conflicts; and overshadowing all minor conflicts, the titanic struggle between Communism and anti-Communism.”
“We have to learn to think in a new way. We have to learn to ask ourselves, not what steps can be taken to give military victory to whatever military group we prefer, for there no longer are such steps; the question we have to ask ourselves is: What steps can be taken to prevent a military contest of which the issue must be disastrous to all parties?”
“In view of the fact that in any future world war, nuclear weapons will certainly be employed, and that such weapons threaten the continued existence of mankind, we urge governments of the world to realize, and to acknowledge publicly that their purposes cannot be furthered by a world war, and we urge them consequently, to find peaceful means for the settlement of all matters of dispute between them.”
Also, today is 21st September – The International Day of Peace.
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