War No More - Rehash Zero: A Peace of the Pi

[ listen to the full speech here and there ]
AO+2024.3.14 - War No More - Rehash #0: A Peace of the Pi

The Fourteenth of April - 3.14 or rather Pi Day: Celebrating gladly and quite nerdishly so, and commemorating the birthday of Einstein - yes - today seems like a perfect day to commence the rehashing of previously blogged material published under the title of War No More.
Happily sharing a slice with Larry^[1], whilst cheering one of Albert's less-scientific quotes, one concerning his sturdy stance on the topic of Peace:

"I am not only a pacifist, but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war, unless the people themselves refuse to go to war." - Albert Einstein, January 1931^[2]

Refuse to go to war.
Nothing special, really
- merely sharing the sentiment.

In 1952, Albert Einstein received an offer to become the second president of Israel, yet respectfully declined the proposition ^[3], stating he liked to study the physical world, but had "neither the natural ability nor the experience to deal with human beings."^[4]

When reading these and other expressions spawned by his eloquence, one may only hope today's politicians would dare to share at least a shard of such an open-minded and open-hearted attitude toward setting aside any apparent differences, embracing all similarities and achieving peace between neighbors - all neighbors, near and far, in our global village, our shared little shore under the Sun.

Browse through some more of his poems, quotes, thoughts and words, compiled by Michael Burch, at: www.thehypertexts.com/Einstein_Quotes

 

Peace to all
who may read these words,
peace to all those who may not.

Peace to all neighbors, near and far,
including those whom I forgot.

Now, .. who wants some Pi ... !?


- sources & references

^[1] Any way you slice it, pi's transcendental
www.sfgate.com/Any-way-you-slice-it

^[2] As elaborated in part 1 of War No More (2014):
satyrsatellites.blogspot.com/war-no-more

^[3] Israel: Einstein Declines (1952)
time.com/article/0,9171,817454,00

^[4] Political Views of Albert Einstein:
en.wikipedia.org/Political_views_of_Albert_Einstein

[&] time.com/4228178/albert-einstein-birthday
[&] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein#Personal_life
[&] en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein_and_politics

☉

War No More

One of our favorite pastimes.
One of our futile pastimes.
All war equals Us vs Us.

More War No More to follow
for as long as we choose
to divide, oppose and prod
one and other like cattle

☮

.: peace or perish :.

writ: satyr barbarossa
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