Peace' the Practice of Intercultural Respect, Reconciliation and Solidarity
To define peace, I had to use the internet and I found “Peace is the essence of our existence. It is the freedom to pursue our dream. It is our ability to express ourselves. It is the opportunity to relate with others with understanding, good will and cooperation. It is a cornerstone of our survival and triumph as a species while Culture is the full range of learned human behavior patterns. ” (http://worldunderstandingandpeace.com July 22 2012)
So if one disregards culture in the making of peace between people who lived in different societies, attaining peace would be very much more difficult or even impossible than trying to make peace while putting culture in consideration. For example, if one puts people from Visayas in Metro Manila, he would be teased by and laughed at by the Manilenyos because of the way they talk or do things, I for one is an example of someone who cannot stop but notice the way they speak or how they act in the city, but even if that is the case I just ignore it because for me, that’s what they are and they were raised that way. So even if one would make an army that will make people to stop bullying one another, having to use force cannot stop the violence of discrimination, it would never stop, still it would return to discriminating one another, now where is peace in that? To attain peace, one must really consider their culture, respect them, accept them, and leave them alone and stop the discrimination. Now what is respect? “Respect is an important way of being kind and good to other people. Respect means not making fun of others. Respect means thinking of how somebody else feels. Respect is treating another person the same way you’d want to be treated yourself. You show respect by appreciating people’s differences, like seeing someone as unique for the outfits they wear, rather than thinking they’re weird for dressing differently. You also show respect by not making people feel uncomfortable, like not pressuring another kid to play on
So if one disregards culture in the making of peace between people who lived in different societies, attaining peace would be very much more difficult or even impossible than trying to make peace while putting culture in consideration. For example, if one puts people from Visayas in Metro Manila, he would be teased by and laughed at by the Manilenyos because of the way they talk or do things, I for one is an example of someone who cannot stop but notice the way they speak or how they act in the city, but even if that is the case I just ignore it because for me, that’s what they are and they were raised that way. So even if one would make an army that will make people to stop bullying one another, having to use force cannot stop the violence of discrimination, it would never stop, still it would return to discriminating one another, now where is peace in that? To attain peace, one must really consider their culture, respect them, accept them, and leave them alone and stop the discrimination. Now what is respect? “Respect is an important way of being kind and good to other people. Respect means not making fun of others. Respect means thinking of how somebody else feels. Respect is treating another person the same way you’d want to be treated yourself. You show respect by appreciating people’s differences, like seeing someone as unique for the outfits they wear, rather than thinking they’re weird for dressing differently. You also show respect by not making people feel uncomfortable, like not pressuring another kid to play on