Kids have a funny way of making you do a double take. My boy is at the age now where he has 1001 questions. He was asking about our "soldiers" on the other side of the world.We try and explain why they are over there and why some of them have died. One question leads to another and you begin to question your own answers.
Finally he pipes up and asks if there are any bad guys here that hide bombs..I said "no" and it was left at that.
Then I sit and think about the world I am growing old in and the world he is going to grow up in.
I am writing this only days after an attempted terrorist attack on an American airliner. There is no denying our western world has changed. Thankfully the attempt was unsuccessful but the repercussions have effected everyone of us, even if you don't travel. The fact that we do live in a world where random attack is real and the "enemy" is not visually apparent anymore leaves us with the risk of falling into a realm of fear and paranoia.
The question is, are we at peace or are we at war. Has the definition of war changed so drastically that the real weapon is taking away the peace within ourselves.
JC Masterson, Silent River Kung Fu, Alberta, Canada
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I think about the same issues a lot. Something what weighs heavily upon me is that there are so many children who have never experienced Canada not at war. Their Canada is so different than the Canada I grew up in.
My wish is that despite our children's limited experience, they may grow up to value reconciliation over retaliation.
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