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opinion:
Three possible
rules of change
Through technology
and discovery we now live in a very small world. Many nations
are connected through money, land, jobs and a common strive
for a better world.
Yet, there are still nations and individuals that feel the need
to fight for three main goals: religion, race and control of
other lands.
There is now a very small group beginning to call for peace
here in the United States. I am still doubtful that a few thousand
protestors can even be considered a strong voice in a nation
with more than 281 million people.
However, if this group of protestors is looking for real peace,
I have come up with the following.
A ban on all proliferation of religion. The practice of religion
is not the same as the expansion of that same belief. As a world
we would allow all individuals to believe as they wish.
A family may even teach their children that same religion until
the age of 18. Once a man or women turns 18 they are to come
to his or her own conclusion of religion.
Propagation of religion would be a crime punishable by law.
All nations would be made to recognize the separation of church
and state. Nations should be run as government and not as one
large church or belief.
The second goal in moving toward peace has to do with race.
The practice of genocide would be punishable by death. Any other
racially motivated movements would be banned and considered
illegal in all nations.
Many problems facing the world today and in the past have been
linked directly to race. Germany, Serbia, South Africa, Sudan
and even America have all looked to eliminate specific races
from within their borders. This leads to further problems outside
those borders, and in the case of Germany led to the beginning
of World War II.
Invasion and control of other lands is the last measure I would
take to keep peace in the world. All borders of nations would
be set in concrete, and those borders would not be negotiable
or changed.
Each nation would be allowed to send any grievances to the United
Nations. All questions regarding borders would be settled by
population.
The difference in population would determine how much land each
nation could keep. Borders in place now would be kept. Only
those with disputed borders would have to come before a council.
This council would vote to decide where the borders of these
nations would lie. Once the lines are drawn, they can never
be changed.
These three simple ideas would keep a peaceful and prosperous
world. Any person who would commit a crime outside of his or
her nation would cause their nation to be sanctioned.
The criminals' nation would also have to pay an enormous amount
of money to every other nation in the world. When these crimes
hit the pocket books of nations, these crimes would stop.
Dwight Flenniken III is a print journalism
major at Cal State Long Beach.
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