time is on your side

There's an interesting article on Fuzzy Signals discussing the overall level of violence in the world.

"According to the Human Security Report,
Without new superpower 'proxy wars' starting in the Third World, overall armed conflicts have fallen by more than 40 per cent, and extremely violent conflicts -- those with 1,000 or more battle deaths -- have dropped by 80 per cent... International arms transfers, defence budgets, armed forces personnel and refugee numbers have also all decreased."


"No society that feeds its children on tales of successful violence can expect them not to believe that violence in the end is rewarded." - Margaret Mead

"In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence." - Cesar Chavez