there is a difference

Something that I am struggling to put into words is the difference in approach between the Madron Seligman lecture which talked about "taking warfare off the menu of mankind" (reference pending) and "building a culture of peace" (Congress on International Peace in Côte d'Ivoire 1989).

Peace is not merely an absence of war. Building a culture of peace feels to me more like starting from the foundation and building something new, rather than looking at what is there, and trying to remove it.

"As the twig is bent, so grows the tree". For this cultural change to be permanent I believe we must look to youth, to establish this culture at base level. But it would certainly make growth much stronger if we could also remove the shadow of war, and let the sun shine where seeds of peace are planted.

"Pax in Spinus" suggests that peace comes from war. I want to believe that peace has a life of its own.