General
One Standard for All
So, for a short time, world-wide, we are sober and can address ourselves because of Coronavirus. We have tried to preserve life, especially the lives of the old and weak, because we should. Billions of us have re-organised our lives quite drastically to protect one another. We know all lives are important, including our own. The Commandment: DO NOT KILL is obvious. We have seen millions of people doing good to others – care, risking their own lives and providing what is needed, and it is right.
Yet, we live with War. It has killed hundreds of millions. The United Nations has asked for a global ceasefire so refugees and war torn people can survive. But we still do war and arms around the world. We know bombs, guns and missiles kill on vast scale. We know, and back this industry, whether we are in the US, China, Russia, France, Iran or Brazil. We back this industry that only kills and destroys with money, government support and ideology. The Secret Services look out potential conflicts. The best it offers is sweat, blood and tears, and if necessary, nuclear war. All this, because we do not heed, at the beginning, DO NOT KILL.
But we can stop it. We can disarm the world to preserve life, as with Coronavirus. The virus is not really our fault. Militarism is. All states cut military spending and weapons by 20% a year and it’s all gone in five years. We don’t fight or need to fight. We don’t need deterrents, or defence, because the world is disarmed. Technically it is easy both to do and police, far easier than making war machines. It saves trillions, cuts world-wide global warming by 10%, ends much world poverty, gives us fifty million new workers, prevents a similar number of refugees, and we can all be friends. What a wonderful world it can be. Start the process and sign this in less than a couple of minutes:
