Is Peace a Lie?

Pen and Telle'rs view that trade is the way to promote peace is simplistic.

Some wars are fought on idealogy. Sure, trade is more beneficial. But who wants to live the good life when infidels/commies have taken over the holy site/this third world country? Or how about "give me liberty, or give me death"?

And most wars are fought because side A wants a more cushy life and is willing to take side B's resources. Why trade when you can take? See the age of colonial expansion, or even the current US-Iraq conflct. The great empires could have just set shop and traded with the natives, but felt that they could generate more cash if they took control of the local's natural resources.

These are the two reasons why world peace is impossible. There will always be people who would rather die (or kill) for what they believe in. That includes things like religion, or more secular ideas like freedom and independence. And there will always be people who are greedy, who are willing to take far more than they are willing to give.

Peace is differently defined for each individual.

Peace does not Exist... Not even in one's own self as one is bound to always have doubts and internal conflicts...

Since the dawn of human kind, when our ancestors first discovered the killing power of rock and bone, blood has been spilled in the name of everything, from God to justice to simple, psychotic rage.

Fallout 3 much?

yup. plus it pretty much sums up what I believe. We humans are simply too greedy

In the manner of thinking that a 'lie' is a distortion of truth, peace ain't a lie, but can be used in a lie.

We are often promised peace, but we don't see results. Hence we are made to think that peace is a lie. 'Lie' here being the absence of truth.