Can We Justify War?
The difference between a dog fight and a war or between two groups of people
is only in its organisation.
The history of mankind is a continuous manifestation of man's greed, hatred,
pride, jealousy, selfishness and delusion. During the last 3,000 years, men
have fought 15,000 major wars. Is it a characteristic of man? What is his destiny?
How can men bring destruction to one another?
Although men have discovered and invented many important things, they have also
made great advances towards the destruction of their own kind. This is how many
human civilisations have been completely erased from this earth. Modern man
has become so sophisticated in his art and techniques of warfare that it is
now possible for him to turn the whole of mankind into ashes within a few seconds.
The world has become a storehouse of military hardware as a result of a little
game called 'Military Superiority'.
We are told that the prototype of a nuclear weapon is more powerful than the
atomic bomb which was dropped at Hiroshima Japan in August, 1945 is being planned.
Scientist believe that a few hundred thermonuclear weapons will chart the course
towards universal destruction. Just see what we are doing to our human race!
Think what sort of scientific development it is! See how foolish and selfish
man is!
Man should not pander to his aggressive instincts. Man should uphold the ethical
teachings of the religious teachers and display justice with morality to enable
peace to prevail.
Treaties, pacts and peace formulae have been adopted and millions of words have
been spoken by countless world leaders throughout the world who proclaim that
they have found the way to maintain and promote peace on earth. But for all
their efforts, they have not succeeded in removing the threat to man-kind. The
reason is that we have all failed to educate our young to truly understand and
respect the need for selfless service and the danger of selfishness. To guarantee
true peace, we must use every method available to us to educate our young to
practise love, goodwill and tolerance towards others.