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 ARTISTS IN THE NAME OF PEACE
We are against war.
Every moment of our lives, every gesture that gives sense to our very existence, every attempt to reach intelligence, love, friendship, creativeness, every molecule of our own existence, rejects the notion of war.
They tell us that war is necessary, that it’s unavoidable.
But it’s a lie.
War is never necessary, and it’s never unavoidable. Its alleged necessity only hides the interests of economical and political powers, its alleged inevitability is only a case of reasoning that doesn’t wake up. None of the necessary wars that we have had to witness with impotency have ever solved anything, none of the inevitable wars that we have had to witness and be part of, and accomplices to, were unavoidable.
They tell us: only war can lay ground for peace.
But it’s a lie.
On the contrary, it’s war that is prepared, carefully planned, instilled in our conscience as an unavoidable evil. But war only lays ground for war, creating violence, hate and devastation. Each war takes us further away from reasoning, the only plausible foundation for peace.
They tell us: it will be a clean war, a war without suffering, a surgical war.
But it’s a lie.
War, and above all modern-day warfare, hits the innocent population, whose homes, dignity and future are destroyed. War is an act of institutional terrorism. The difference between war and a terrorist attack is quantitative, not qualitative.
They tell us: that we have to shut up, that our arguments are ridiculous. That we’re only dreamers, losers.
But it’s a lie.
We believe that the only meager hope that presents itself to us is through public opinion, the levelheaded and conscious thoughts given by each individual. We ask each and every person to ponder on all that is happening in the world today, on the terrible consequences a war could have. We ask each and every person to mistrust the official news broadcast to us, to resist the occult persuasion that the mass media has on us, to oppose war with reason and rhetoric.
We ask each and every person to reflect.
We are against war. |
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