Listening to the speeches and looking at the signs
brandished, I realised that it was not just about peace. It was about A Just Peace.
What is a just peace to one side, is most often an unjust peace
to the other side. Of course, the demonstration was arranged by only one of the
sides. They wanted their demands fulfilled. They wanted what they saw as a just
peace. And they were willing to fight to achieve their goals.
Now, you cannot expect decent Europeans to go out
demonstrating for war and fighting. You need a peace demonstration to get them
on the streets. In this case a demonstration for A Just Peace.
Isn't a Just
Peace just another way of saying “we will keep on fighting, until
our demands are met”?
Next time I will make sure that I am just demonstrating
for peace.
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