Reaction to Peace Day Film

"Five great enemies to peace inhabit with us: avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride. If those enemies were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace ."(Francesco Petrarch) After seeing the peace film I agree with the Peace One Day founder Jeremy Gilley that we should have a day of ceasefire which is currently September 21 every year. I am also glad that peace day is also adopted by the United Nations(UN). Peace One Day logo from http://www.ecorrazi.com/.

The big ideas I saw after seeing the peace day film is that if there was one day of ceasefire, soldiers could realize what they are doing to their country, and the environment, and that the war they participated in was a waste of time, and they could realize people suffer during war. In addition I realized that in the film one of the big ideas is to get everybody in the whole world to be involved on peace day by doing peace day events worldwide, and to let everyone get along with each other so one day we can really have peace for 365 days. These are the big ideas of the film.

War is also pointless because people die, and the cost of war is huge according to the film. In my opinion, unless you actually gain any territory, and lose very little resources, war will be useless as you gain nothing.

Peace is important because if it happened, regions where supplies are hard to reach can be more reachable, and everyone in war countries could have immunizations according to the peace day film. Secondly there would also be access to freedom movements, and information according to the film. Thirdly in the film it said that with peace many of the world's problems could be solved such as finding homes for homeless people affected by wars. Fourthly in the film, it said if there was peace it would be a relief for us to know that there will be no more violence.

Furthermore as mentioned in newspapers, it said wars cause people to be homeless. In addition if there was peace, the whole world could be united according to the UN. Lastly in a book it mentioned that if there was peace there would be way less people suffering, and more people happier. This is why peace is important.

Peace links to development because according to http://www.globalsecurity.org/, countries that are at war are mainly the lesser economically developed countries(LEDC). Only America, Spain, Russia, Thailand, Turkey, and Mexico that are not LEDC's participate in wars. Although these countries that are not LEDC's are also having wars, their wars are not as important, and have fewer deaths. Only one country that is not an LEDC which is America participate in bigger wars. This is how peace links to development.