World Piece

We all want a piece of the world. Some want it all. Why? For world peace, of course.

All the gurus, pundits and such religious head wannabes preach it. Pageant queens’ intelligences get judged by it. Elections are won based on it. Nutcases swear by it.

So how do we achieve it? Take the Olympic torch to your country. Get Bono to perform there. How about a game of soccer? (Although soccer games end up in enmity with hooligans on rampages.) Some guy you never heard of climbs Mt Everest. Dalai Lama drops by. What for? For world peace. Any progress? None.

So how does a walk on the streets by a group of leaders of different faiths bring about harmony? It doesn’t. How about a group photograph of multiracial children? Leaders of the states joining hands with a toothpaste advertisement on their faces, they shake hands. Cameras flash like a super charged thunderstorm. I suppose that means the countries are at peace with each other.

All this and not a sign of peace or harmony. Why? Because the activities weren’t meant to. With no evidence that any of those activities would in anyway, even the slightest, help mankind achieve world peace, I wonder why so many people actually participate and believe that they would. Nothing more than publicity stunts, these events provide cheap advertising opportunities for the organisers.

So kids, if anyone catches you doing anything that is irrational or of no significant benefit, just label it as your contribution to world peace. Ever farted in a crowded elevator and got frowned upon? Just tell them it’s for world peace. Have a habit of picking your nose? For world peace. Incorrigibly breaking hearts? For world peace. Declare war on helpless nations? For world peace. Start a World War? Only for world peace.

You want interfaith harmony? Organise an orgy for them. Interracial apartheid worrying you? More orgies. Corporate feuds? You get the idea. I think I read something similar in one of the other blogs too.

So why do we need world peace? Nobody has bothered to answer that yet.
All this said, I want world peace. My piece of the world, that is. And after that I’d like some inner peace.