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The Age of Peace
No wisdom is needed to engage in violence. Any foolish
person can do so. But establishing and maintaining peace do
require a high level of sagacity and planning. One who knows
how to tackle problems with wise planning will always choose
to refrain from stooping to violence.
No wisdom is needed to engage in violence. Any foolish
person can do so. But establishing and maintaining peace do
require a high level of sagacity and planning.
Wisdom dictates that in any potentially explosive situation,
a buffer should be used as a strategy to keep antagonists from
embarking on a collision course. In earlier times this strategy
could be used only in a very limited way. But now that there
has been a universal institutionalizing of this strategy, the
scope for its use has increased exponentially.
Moreover, major advances, especially in the field of
communications, have greatly facilitated discussion and the
exchange of ideas. Indeed, the liberalization of thought and
the spread of modern education have now made it possible
for all individuals and groups right across the globe to have
recourse to this strategy.
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