Should we stop talking about war?

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Should we stop talking about war?

War; a brutal battle between two or more parties. In history there have been two world wars; World War I and World War II. Other than these there have been hundreds of wars over centuries which have resulted in the death of millions of soldiers and civilians; in World War II alone there were a staggering 6 million Jews killed by the evil Adolf Hitler along with all the other casualties.

        War is as old as humanity itself, there have been wars in my lifetime; there is one in full swing at this moment; the “War on Terror.” Wars have been happening for centuries. In the Stone Age tribes fought tribes; the Chinese fought for empires so they could acquire materials; the Romans went on conquest all over Europe and Asia Minor; the Napoleonic Wars; the World Wars; the Vietnam War and the Gulf War to name a few, the list goes on.

        Every human civilisation in history has had an episode of violence in it at some point. Jesus lived in a time when violence was everywhere; he preached against it and tried showing people the right path. Some races did indulge in bloodshed. The Spartans thought bloodshed was a factor of manhood so they would often beat their children to death and the children would not even breathe heavily because they were scared of being deemed weak and useless. Even today people feel that fighting is an essential part of growing up and pride themselves on their fighting record. We cannot escape fighting, as long as there are disagreements there will be arguments and as long as there are arguments there will be fighting and as long as there is enough fighting there will most certainly be wars. To tackle a problem we must find the root of it and fix that but we will never be able to stop people from disagreeing with one another so we cannot stop wars, it’s a fact if life, one we have to, unfortunately, learn to live with. The question we must ask ourselves is why we fight and what we hope to accomplish because surely there is nothing more important than a human life.

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Here are some facts about war:

  • 20 million Russians died in World War II
  • Poland lost 1/5 of its total population
  • 44 million Allied civilians died
  • 6 million soldiers died in the battles around Japan
  • 6 million Jews were tortured and killed by Adolf Hitler

I personally feel that we must talk about war. Mainly because it is something we cannot run away from and it is believed that talking about something tends to make it easier to live with. I believe we should talk about war because:

  • A loss such as this is ...

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