Prevent them to use it against you. But this is insanity. "a profound psychological fear and a desire to control"....because no one could win a nuclear war. And what about accidents? It is not just threat that keeps them in check. "God told me, He didn't want the world to die".-computer engineer who realized the mistakenly shown "fake/computer nuclear attack". " we are living in one room".

I don't like it--but that's the world we live in. It's been that way since the first metallugist figured out to add tin to copper--and make swords that wouldn't bend. Who knows? Perhaps man's consciousness will one day change. But it would require a fundamental change in the brain. I suppose we could all join hands and sing "I'd like to buy the world a Coke." That just resulted in a better bottom line for Coca-Cola. Deepak's main intent is to have 100 million people join him in nonviolence in thought and action. Bit egotistical, I think. He's not Jesus, Buddha, Lao Tsu, Ghandi or Martin Luther King. None of them have changed man's fundamental nature. Some have changed; certainly I have to a degree. But one can't ignore reality.

Non-violence in thought and action is not saying you are any of those people( although they were men, just like Deepak). I practice non-violence. That's not to say that I would not protect my family from harm, of course I would. Nuclear weapons are very different from other weapons ( a sword, for example) in that there is nothing that stops the radiation from polluting more than its surrounding environment, it lasts for thousands of years and would a war using these weapons would destroy life as we know it. We know other countries have them. There has to be someone taking a first step towards non-proliferation. It is a dialogue that we attempt. Non-violence isn't static. It is a work in process. We need to start trying to understand the root of the problems we face, to untangle them. Hate only begets more hate. Ps. I don't drink brown sugar water, that is part of the problem.

Hello all, This global security expert knows that the only way this world will decide to disarm itself of nuclear weapons is when those weapons have done enough damage to our behinds where we realize that if we EVEN desire to keep our global beinds in one piece then we had better disarm ourselves, and not one minute before. We humans, for the most part, love our nuclear weapons otherwise they would have been gone by now. Until then the "peaceniks" will peacenik and the arms industry will keep designing more and better ways to weaponize our globe. Sorry, but I have been around addicts and addiction and know first hand that very few addicts will offer to go through the detox one minute before they absolutely have to....and the human global family is a family of addicts and addictions with war and weaponry being a top three addiction.

Amen Mieke. As a species we have come a long way in recognizing our interdependent inseparateness. If one looks at history unbiasedly, we see the more we've evolved in complexity, there has been more cooperation and peace in the world. Yes, there is much more work to do in order for us to exist beyond war. But I'm optimistic the auspicious whole-minded peaceniks can stay ahead of the curve of the pessimistic and antagonistic mindsets that keep so many from knowing they are Jesus, Buddha, Lao Tsu, Ghandi or Martin Luther King. There have been many growing pains in our evolution and their still exist in us the Hitlers, Stalins and Husseins, but the more we understand the nature of reality, the more we will understand there is no disparate world outside ourselves. Through healing and education in science, especially the evidence from quantum mechanics, we will recognize that everything is One. All nations, religions, races, and cultures know of the destructive behavior of people when seeing the world from the surface of life as being separate. Fortunately, there are many on the planet like our President and all those who have healed the divide in the past, that know the deeper real reality of existence as One. Those who conform to a conditioned way of seeing is what keeps them from allowing the creative intelligence that gives rise to everything from doing its job of manifesting in their lives the true nature of being that is Love and Light as One. As long as we continue as a species to see the inherent value of creativity and keep facing towards the eternal horizon, I'm optimistic for the prognosis of the planet. Love, Michael

"Posted by Mieke van der Poll on Sunday, January 31st, 2010 ... I wonder how much feminine energy is needed to eliminate nuclear weapons?" a majority in charge of world governments, heartphone!

suicide bombers yearn to be in the arms of 72 virgins...wow! heaven must be teeming with an untouched feminine population...and why wud they want monsterous muslim mass killers anyway? when better suitors may be available? damn!

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Mieke, I've never studied the Etruscans; but from what I know they were certainly warlike. I believe ancient Egypt was a matriarchical society, in that legitimacy was established through the matrilineal line. Yet male pharoahs ruled almost exclusively. And the Egyptians were certainly warlike conquerors. Tracing one's lineage matrilineally was essentially practical, as one always knows whose one mother is, but before DNA testing could never quite be sure whose one's father was (Tiger Woods mentality). I believe the ancient Celts operated the same way; yet they were certainly warlike as their migrations from the East overran Europe. And throughout history are many examples of female rulers who were war leaders e.g. Boadicca and Cleopatra. Power corrupts, of course. I don't think women are immune to this. In my few years in the corporate world, I was appalled by the Macchiavelian machinations of both men and women in their quest for advancement and power. Certainly the women were as ruthless as the men. Perhaps the structure of a corporation, or a govenment, demands such qualities.

It is the perceived difference between the male and female which rules. It's a maelstrom? 'It will draw you farther than gunpowder can blow you'....me grandpa said ;) What is the draw? Can it be tweaked towards a less violent sum total of feedback events? We need to probe deep for this. We can trigger earthquakes. Can we avoid them? God knows and Shiva certainly didn't take the vow! Can the Earth move for you? *EAT H D searches for yin

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