Thinking more on meeting last night with
'branding & logo's'...
Perhaps we need to build on a 'brand' we
have been world famous for since 1984- 'NZ; Nuclear Free Zone'.
Why don't we be BOLD & launch the 'NZ;
War Free Zone' for the 30th nuclear free anniversary in 2014, with an aim for
enacting legislation by 2017, as 2nd anniversary of original 1987 law?
Would need to be phased in over say 5-10
years I suspect in order to convince the 'old guard', but in the heightened
consciousness of the 21st Century, war is clearly NOT the solution any more;
its blindingly self-evident humans are more than ready to evolve past organised
mass violence.
Lets 'complete' the transformation of our
military into a purely community building civil defence & disaster relief
force, who's training & equipment goes towards the reduction of the
'violence of poverty' in NZ & around the world...isn't this what we've just
been more or less demonstrating for 10 years in Afghanistan?- ignoring the SAS
for the moment!
http://www.nzdf.mil.nz/operations/overseas-deployments/afghanistan/nz-prt/default.htm
Use the war mongers- Bush the Elder &
Thatcher -own political propaganda & make the much delayed 'peace dividend'
happen for all of us, & our poor long suffering mother Gaia; finally...!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_dividend
Have it publicised widely how each tank,
bomb, gun, etc, not replaced = another school built, another 50 quality houses,
500 children fed & educated, etc, tracked by statistical analysis of the
positive policy effects shoved in the face of every war-monger we can find...a
true 'hearts & minds' campaign, materially demonstrated for all to see, in
the fullest sense.
Lets get past the historic, mythic
'egalitarian NZ' we all pine for- make it a renewed reality for today.
Needing a logo?
One idea is 'War or Peace? Your Life on the
Front Line'
Legislation key point to back this logo up?
Make it compulsory that those who advocate
for war & violence have to serve on the front line as 'cannon fodder'- NO
exceptions; you want a fight, then you have to actually fight where injury
& death are real. No more back room deals for corporations & businesses
who produce weapons of war either; same rule applies.
This could be tricky to get passed, as war
& violence are extremely profitable, however humans are plenty smart enough
to make peace profitable by now- 'just give peace a chance' as Lennon said!
Maybe someone in the Green Party can put a
proposed bill together after the nuts & bolts have been thrashed out?
...a few thoughts there to digest before I
go to bed...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand%27s_nuclear-free_zone
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