Bombs – any complaints?
George WallaceDemocratic governor of Alabama, USA, best known for his racist policies against blacks, 1919-1998
Humor
Who’s the enemy?
What happens when you hear talk of peace…
Compassion required
Definition of a fanatic
Source: Le Mot du silencieux, 1978.
The desire for violence
– You can explain to them without having to run away!– Precisely, the problem is that I find it hard […]
Love without borders
Male-female dilemma
Source: Emotional Intelligence, 1996.
Judaism vs. Christianity vs. Islam
Peace equation
Source : The Long Road: alone between seas and skies…
Research funding
The armistice not too well understood
2011 student bulletin board(collection of school beads)
Wars – any progress?
The arrival of peace
Source: Mère Courage et ses enfants, 1938.
Axe of war
Passage from L’Europe buissonnière, published in 1949.
There’s not enough money for peace, and for good reason….
Source: Le Mot du silencieux, 1978.
War – who dies, who stays?
The Cold War at elementary school
Military slip
The customs officer looks at the entry form and asks in English: Occupation? The man in military garb replies: “No, […]
The honor of dying
Source: Les Morts, 1970.
The jar of stones and the cup of coffee
Once upon a time, a teacher stood in front of his class, took a large glass jar and, without saying […]
France first!
With that, the subway arrived. The lady jostled the little girl to get in front of the carriage doors. And, […]
The soup bowl
Returning to her seat a minute later, she finds a dark-skinned man sitting in front of the bowl, dipping his […]
Law leads straight to war
Speech delivered at the second international conference in The Hague in 1907.
Jokes are better than wars
Jokes aren’t violence
My inner light
– How’s my inner light? My mother is always telling me: you should cultivate your inner light. But I don’t […]
My white brothers of color
Ministry of Peace?
Source: Histoires, 1946.
Losing battles
We are looking for
Source: Message received on 12.9.08 from an Internet user via the Graines de Paix website.
The IG NOBEL (read ignoble) Peace Prizes
Here are the best vintages for Peace: 1994 – John Hagelin of Maharishi University and the Institute for Science, […]
So when do we go to war?
Source: Open letter to Alderman Paul Faber, 1955.
When violence strikes
When is the best time to make a peace association?
Racism: the sprinkler is sprinkled
A white woman in her fifties sits next to a black man… Visibly disturbed, she calls the stewardess: What’s your […]
Kill, kill
Al QaedaKilling people will undermine American support for Israel and the Saudi empire Dick CheneyKilling and torturing people will improve […]
Violence – the wrong answer?
Virility?
Egalitarian racism
To regulate violence, all you have to do is make people pay!
(…) The Federal Commission against Racism could give itself the means to undertake ambitious actions by selling rights that would […]
Respect for self and others
– You can confide in me, I’m your mother! I’m listening… what’s he like?– It’s her. – Have you fallen […]
A rude awakening!
– No, get up, get dressed and go have breakfast! – Stop taking yourself for mom. You’re 2 years younger […]
Sacrifice!
Source: Sainte Jeanne, 1924.
If man is dust…
Torture: definition
Source: Dictionnaire superflu à l’usage de l’élite et des bien nantis, éd. du Seuil, 1985