child being viciously beaten in front of you that you would not try to stop it from happening?
No what I am saying is that ONLY the Individual can solve this type of problem. That only the individual can step out from society to solve the problems. Look at society's solution to perceived child abuse CPS. The individual that steps forward and puts a stop to violence being perpetrated on a child will in most cases be prosecuted by society, because they did not let society fix the problem ie: they did not call the police and sit by and watch the crime continue.
What I am saying is it is upto the Individual, and in most cases the individual needs to step out from societies norms to fix the problem.
For a society to strive for peace and be called a peaceful society they must by definition abhor violence of all natures.
Oh okay. I see. I misunderstood you quite a bit! Sorry about that.
Uhhh... I generally agree as I mentioned before that we sort of need to "Be the change you wish to see in the world" in regards to being the MLKS and Ghandi's ourselves in large number, but.. I'm not sure single individual can solve these huge issues like war, that's what I've been trying to say.. That.. If people in MUCH bigger numbers really took the messages of the MLKS and Ghandi's to heart.. Like.. To treat others with respect and not treat others in ways we wouldn't want to be treated.. Then right there, so many of our problems would improve.. If many more individuals started taking those philosophies our civil rights leaders talked about, and embodied them in mass numbers to push back against the predators and the apathetic as well.
My argument is that I love these people like MLK and Ghandi, though.. One of them every once and a while isn't enough, we need more people to live like the "Jesus" they go to church to basically worship. We have tons of Christians who believe in a guy is uber loving and forgiving and peaceful and then go drop bombs on innocent children over seas or beat their wife or hate people of different skin color or sexual preference or whatever.. I mean.. It's right in front of us, these civil rights leaders have told us the teachings, yet.. Sometimes it seems like barely anyone lives those teachings. ;\ And that if more people did, things wouldn't be nearly so bad! So in a sense.. I agree with you.. It is the individual, but it's also the individual in much bigger numbers. Not just one Ghandi or ML, but thousands if not millions or more of them.
And that is when societies change. It would be nice to live in a peaceful world where we did not kill each other, but I do not see that ever happening. The only way to change society is for the individuals in that society to stand up and say enough is enough. Slowly society, the collective will adapt, but only if the individuals say it must adapt. Civil rights, human rights, and Individual rights and responsibilities are gaining traction, and change will happen. But an end to senseless violence across the world, not likely.
We may not ever be able to end senseless violence or some of the other issues we face, but I think we could hopefully both agree that we can reduce it significantly, and I think that's important and a good goal to strive for.
Yes it is a goal to strive for.