WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THE WEAPONS OF WAR?
GIVE a person a pen and a new author emerges. But give a person a gun or a nation the weapons of war, and what does one do with it? Safekeep it. Then, after a time, practice with it. Once trained, deploy it. When the opportunity presents, use it. One of the most dangerous aspects of weaponizing is the compelling pull to use it for what it was created. To kill. Whether an animal, human, or simply by virtue of purchasing such a weapon and its required means of killing (e.g. expendable bullets, grenades, missiles, nuclear warheads) Gaia, the living Earth, and its inhabitants, one weapon in one person’s hands eventually leads to death.
Okay, call me an anti-gun nut, and, you know, you’d be right. On a barely inhabited Earth, one weapon can be deemed inconsequential (unless, of course you are the target of the weapon). On a densely overpopulated Earth with growing shortages of clean potable water, food and air, the effects of utilizing one weapon can be catastrophic, and often are. In my opinion, the argument that one must be armed with equal power to defend against another is little more than an excuse for escalating weaponization. In defense of my opinion, I would remind that humans have a unique characteristic of being unable to handle money or power, two “games” created by humans that are, in the wrong hands, just as damaging as projectile-shooting weapons.
We humans are gifted with a myriad of ways to protect ourselves, and while it may often seem it’s a “dog-eat-dog” world, we have voices, discussion, debate and the ability to cooperate. These “weapons” don’t require the destruction of the climate or Earth. Learning to live together seems to be one of the greatest challenges to humanity of all time, and with dense living conditions springing up everywhere, perhaps THE greatest challenge. For me, it all begins with two actions: First, the refusal to participate in the weaponization of the world. The second is a commitment to dialog, cooperation and compromise.
As an author and actor, Daniel S. Janik (aka Raymond Gaynor and Gary Martine) I make it a daily pledge to honor these to actions which are within my control, and I try to reflect this in my books and films. It isn’t perfect, nor am I consistent in my success. However, each day I live by these two basic actions, I take a small step towards the much needed evolution of Homo sapiens.
#DanielSJanik #RaymondGaynor #GaryMartine #author #actor #gun #war #weapon #Gaia #death #illusion #power #money #discussion #debate #dialog #compromise #cooperation #book #film #movie #evolution
Okay, call me an anti-gun nut, and, you know, you’d be right. On a barely inhabited Earth, one weapon can be deemed inconsequential (unless, of course you are the target of the weapon). On a densely overpopulated Earth with growing shortages of clean potable water, food and air, the effects of utilizing one weapon can be catastrophic, and often are. In my opinion, the argument that one must be armed with equal power to defend against another is little more than an excuse for escalating weaponization. In defense of my opinion, I would remind that humans have a unique characteristic of being unable to handle money or power, two “games” created by humans that are, in the wrong hands, just as damaging as projectile-shooting weapons.
We humans are gifted with a myriad of ways to protect ourselves, and while it may often seem it’s a “dog-eat-dog” world, we have voices, discussion, debate and the ability to cooperate. These “weapons” don’t require the destruction of the climate or Earth. Learning to live together seems to be one of the greatest challenges to humanity of all time, and with dense living conditions springing up everywhere, perhaps THE greatest challenge. For me, it all begins with two actions: First, the refusal to participate in the weaponization of the world. The second is a commitment to dialog, cooperation and compromise.
As an author and actor, Daniel S. Janik (aka Raymond Gaynor and Gary Martine) I make it a daily pledge to honor these to actions which are within my control, and I try to reflect this in my books and films. It isn’t perfect, nor am I consistent in my success. However, each day I live by these two basic actions, I take a small step towards the much needed evolution of Homo sapiens.
#DanielSJanik #RaymondGaynor #GaryMartine #author #actor #gun #war #weapon #Gaia #death #illusion #power #money #discussion #debate #dialog #compromise #cooperation #book #film #movie #evolution
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