From Beliefnet’s Buddhist Wisdom e-mail today:
Wars arise from a failure to understand one another’s humanness. Instead of summit meetings, why not have families meet for a picnic and get to know each other while the children play together?
-His Holiness the Dalai Lama
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Megan // September 21, 2007 at 1:29 am
That assumes an inherent goodness in all families. I imagine inviting Saddam and young Uday and Qusay for a picnic, and I think the other kids might end up with their thumbnails pulled out or something.
But generally, I agree — it’s a lot easier to make war against someone you don’t know.
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