I know how to stop war in our lifetime, make it illegal.

[Rex]

Pass a UN resolution stating that if a country goes to war, then all UN member states consider it an enemy of peace and therefore an enemy of ALL member nations since our goal is to gain global peace.

Make it clear that no nation has the right to sanction mass killing, IE war. Any and all war will be considered murder and punishable by the laws already established for murder/mass murder. No exceptions.

It would take awhile, but I bet that would put a serious dampener on war.

[EFerrari]

1. They can't do that. War is too profitable. n/t

[Rex]

True, we would have to admit that capitalism can be a bad thing.

And that ain't gonna happen.

[EFerrari]

19. Right. Reminder to me: It ain't gonna happen. n/t

[KyuzoGator]

2. The thought had also occured to me, but....

...how do you define war, and are you willing to go to war to enforce it?

[Rex]

6. It wouldn't be war, it would be 'punishment' by member nations.

For breaking the law.

[Lusted4]

3. Have a war tax. n/t

[MikeNearMcChord]

10. Marine General Smedly Butler, had a proposal in his famous

"War Is a Racket" Speech(I recommend that everyone read this, he said this 60 years ago)

Here is a Snippet
"The only way to smash this racket is to conscript capital and industry and labor before the nations manhood can be conscripted. One month before the Government can conscript the young men of the nation – it must conscript capital and industry and labor. Let the officers and the directors and the high-powered executives of our armament factories and our munitions makers and our shipbuilders and our airplane builders and the manufacturers of all the other things that provide profit in war time as well as the bankers and the speculators, be conscripted – to get $30 a month, the same wage as the lads in the trenches get.

"

http://lexrex.com/enlightened/articles/warisaracket.htm

[Hosnon]

4. The Achilles Heel of international law is the lack of an effective

enforcement mechanism. Until there's a "World Executive" the rules of the game will always be broken.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. They Tried It

Google Kellogg-Briand Pact

[Catch22Dem]

7. Yeah right

Because people like Bush don't do things that are illegal.

[Chulanowa]

8. And then what?

Criminalizing an activity has never stopped criminals. Never.

How, then, would this illegality be enforced... By war against the offending warmongers?

[Rex]

9. I'm thinking more along the lines of law enforcement.

When a member nation breaks the law, it gets punished. Yeah, just like war but my whole idea is just a pipe dream. I know the world will never unify in that way. Just wishful thinking.

[Chulanowa]

15. It's a nice pipe dream at least

We're currenly living in the results of a seriously fucked up one. The contrast is refreshing.

[Rex]

23. Thanks. Sometimes all we have left are dreams and hopes.

nt

[porphyrian]

11. Yeah, making things illegal always stops them.

Like murder, theft, drug use, unsanctioned immigration, government torture, roadway speeding...

:eyes:

[Rex]

12. It would be nice to put a dampener on warring nations.

What else ya gonna do? Just declare everything an anarchy and might makes right?

[porphyrian]

17. You could end any given war tomorrow...

...by giving both sides more to lose than they're willing to sacrifice in a war. What that entails differs depending on the conflict, and it requires outside parties to be willing and able to provide those things. For example, the Palestinians would stop allowing themselves to be used as weapons by Arab nations against Israel if they all had good homes, good jobs, a few luxuries and were treated with respect. Israel would stop warring with the surrounding Arab nations if they would stop sending suicide bombers into their country, would stop threating them with total destruction, and would take an active role in stopping the fundamentalist organizations behind half of this. Some people would just require food and shelter. Others might need the ability to choose their own government and way of life without superpower micromanagement. Only people with nothing to lose support a war in their back yard, and not really then. Despite what governments would like us to believe, it's easier to end a war than to start it.

[Poppyseedman]

13. War is part of the human nature

making it illegal will have have same effect as making robbing banks illegal.

It doesn't stop people from robbing banks

[Rex]

14. So do you think it would cause more wars?

I didn't think of that.

[Poppyseedman]

16. It could

Think along the laws of the war on drugs.

There is lots of evidence that making smoking marijuana a small fine instead of illegal would cut the number of people smoking dope

[pitohui]

18. because "make it illegal" worked so well with marijuana EOM

.

[Rex]

20. Funny, until now I would have never thought about a correlation between

ending war and pot, but I bet most of you are right. Making war illegal would entice some people to make war just because it is illegal!

[Ani Yun Wiya]

21. This thought is a very good start!!

All the people in all countries should be required to cast a vote, all 6 billion plus.

And the following should be part of that voting:

1. To make it illegal to have a "standing army".
2. To make it illegal to design, produce, possess and distribute armaments and arsenals.
3. To make it illegal to permit any head of state to so much as consider going to war.

[Rex]

22. Those three would do it. Declaring war would be an illegal act

recognized by all member nations of the UN. Failure to comply would result in an instant boycott/sanctions by ALL countries to the warring nation.

[Odin2005]

24. You can't legislate human nature.