Peace

One think that I have always been intersted in is the Peace Sign. I love it i have always tried to guide my life in a carefree go with the flow manner, and although to some people this has nothing to do with the peace sign for me it does. I feel like it symbolizes the way I strive to live my life. For example I love the ways of the hippy era, and part of the reason I came to Juniata, was because when I came on my over night for track, there was some interprative dance seminar, and the campus was filled with hippies. I though to my self "any school that has enough hippies to hold a weekend like this is a school I can go to."
When you relate that to our class the connection is simple, peace is a primary aspect of non-violece, and most of the time the non-violent movement or action that is being deployed in to achieve some ultimate peace. This is why this topic (non-violence) so greaty interests me. It is a way to achieve ones goals and using peace as one of the weapons. I know that saying peace is a wepon is a bit of a paradox, but it is the truth, peace xan be used as a weapon. For those who do not want ot committ to violent action they can use peaceful tactics to achieve the ends the desire. Examples of this are things like hunger strikes and sit ins, although the end result may not be overtly peaceful, it is a peaceful act in the begining.
One small fact that I find quite intersting is that the Peace Sign was orgingated by the British Movement for Nuclear Disarmament. Since then the symbol has been recognized as a world wide sign for peace.