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by joeythibault 6071 days ago
radiolab (part of nyc's public radio) had a great news piece about this very topic. Back during the cold war like 1 in 3 people thought war was inevitable. It says a lot about our culture that 1 in 10 think that we can achieve PEACE. 66% peace lovers to 10% is pretty sad.

Great listen if you have an hour commute: http://blogs.wnyc.org/radiolab/2009/10/19/new-normal/
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lupin_sansei 6071 days ago
Wanting peace and thinking we will get peace are 2 different things aren't they? I want peace, but I'm not so naive to think that humans will change their nature and we'll get it, so do I show up as a peace lover or not?
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joeythibault 6070 days ago
According to the question ask "do you think war is inevitable?" you'd be included in 9 of 10 think war is inevitable. What we want was not part of the question (and I don't think it is on peace.facebook.com either. Their question is "is world peace possible?", based on your response above your answer to facebook would be "no").
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