Almost poetry 2

The carnage revolution in Portugal 1974 ended the dictatorship. The weapons were defeated by reason and flowers - carnations. And so it is. History should be more of a poem about flowers and beautiful skies than about military campaigns and imprisonment.
It is a choice we can make. As all choices it should be supported by argument. The argument for non-violence is that it is true and nice.
The arguments against non-violence are in the genes, in our instincts, habits and history. So they merit a place in a museum.
The ideal of peace and solidarity is probably accepted and taken for granted by more individuals than before, but still there is under the surface a lot of insecurity.
The primary threat is in our own mind, in the form of conditioned concepts and unexamined assumptions.
We can dissolve them by analysis, but we can also make them stronger if we work for it.
There is a temporary attraction in conflict, but this attraction can be dissolved.