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Wouldn't it be nice to have a cease fire all over the world, forever and always? (Original Post) 1WorldHope Dec 2023 OP
A big amen to that. Lonestarblue Dec 2023 #1
Forever and Ever. 1WorldHope Dec 2023 #7
Get thee to the Greatest Page rfn! Sure would be nice. ♥ nt CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2023 #2
I don't know how to get to the greatest page. 1WorldHope Dec 2023 #4
I sent your post there by my recommendation! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2023 #10
Thank you Ms. Peggy. 1WorldHope Dec 2023 #13
We get it there malaise Dec 2023 #21
John Lennon might have pulled it off, but he was murdered..... Takket Dec 2023 #3
I think it might take the whole village. 1WorldHope Dec 2023 #5
Great video and message! Owl Dec 2023 #6
Yes redqueen Dec 2023 #8
Maybe we should have a War to End War? struggle4progress Dec 2023 #9
Great minds think alike! 😄 ShazzieB Dec 2023 #12
However, Garth Brooks modernized it by saying 1WorldHope Dec 2023 #16
Yes, that's why I chose the Garth Brooks version. ShazzieB Dec 2023 #17
:) struggle4progress Dec 2023 #18
This thread would not becomplete without this song. ShazzieB Dec 2023 #11
Blessed are the peacemakers Walleye Dec 2023 #14
Highly recommended democrank Dec 2023 #15
Sorry about the fatwa calling for your death. Can't you take a joke? mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 #19
What happened to the love train? Tickle Dec 2023 #20
🎵 And mild and sweet their songs repeat: Of peace on Earth, goodwill to men! 🎵 Oopsie Daisy Dec 2023 #22
Selassie and Bob got it right malaise Dec 2023 #23

malaise

(296,114 posts)
21. We get it there
Mon Dec 4, 2023, 07:45 AM
Dec 2023

Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me

We need no gods for peace - just women and men working together to share out planet’s resources and take care of said planet.

Lovely OP.😀

ShazzieB

(22,590 posts)
12. Great minds think alike! 😄
Sun Dec 3, 2023, 10:27 PM
Dec 2023

Looks like we were posting at the same time (mine is right below yours). I'll leave it up since it's a different artist.

1WorldHope

(2,054 posts)
16. However, Garth Brooks modernized it by saying
Sun Dec 3, 2023, 10:41 PM
Dec 2023

the room was filled with women and men.
Is this an old hymn?

ShazzieB

(22,590 posts)
17. Yes, that's why I chose the Garth Brooks version.
Sun Dec 3, 2023, 11:09 PM
Dec 2023

There are a lot of different versions of the song on YouTube, and that was the first one I found with the newer lyrics, which I like much better. (Although I do love the Simon & Garfunkel version, their voices together were magical.)

I'm not sure of the origin of the song except that I know it goes back a ways.

mahatmakanejeeves

(69,852 posts)
19. Sorry about the fatwa calling for your death. Can't you take a joke?
Mon Dec 4, 2023, 01:45 AM
Dec 2023
Cat Stevens

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Salman Rushdie controversy

Main article: Cat Stevens' comments about Salman Rushdie

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Cat Stevens' comments about Salman Rushdie

Following Ayatollah Khomeini's 14 February 1989 death fatwa against author Salman Rushdie, after the publication of Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses, Yusuf Islam (previously known as Cat Stevens), made statements endorsing the killing of Rushdie. His statements generated criticism from commentators in the West.

In response, Yusuf Islam said that some of his comments were "stupid and offensive jokes" made in "bad taste," while others were merely giving his interpretation of Islamic law but not advocating any action. Islam also said that later in the same programme he promised to accept the judgment of a British court if it found Rushdie innocent of any crime, blasphemy or otherwise.

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Tickle

(4,131 posts)
20. What happened to the love train?
Mon Dec 4, 2023, 07:32 AM
Dec 2023

I guess if you live long enough you notice that problems and fixes go in circles.

malaise

(296,114 posts)
23. Selassie and Bob got it right
Mon Dec 4, 2023, 09:45 AM
Dec 2023
https://afrolegends.com/2018/09/07/bob-marley-and-emperor-haile-selassie-i-war/

That until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned; That until there are no longer first-class and second-class citizens of any nation; That until the color of a man’s skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes; That until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race; That until that day, the dream of lasting peace and world citizenship and the rule of international morality will remain but a fleeting illusion, to be pursued but never attained; And until the ignoble and unhappy regimes that hold our brothers in Angola, in Mozambique and in South Africa in subhuman bondage have been toppled and destroyed; Until bigotry and prejudice and malicious and inhuman self-interest have been replaced by understanding and tolerance and good-will; Until all Africans stand and speak as free beings, equal in the eyes of all men, as they are in the eyes of Heaven; Until that day, the African continent will not know peace. We Africans will fight, if necessary, and we know that we shall win, as we are confident in the victory of good over evil. – Haile Selassie I




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