Forever and Ever

I really like how you creatively incorporated a specific aspect of conflict (oil) into your drawing. I’m also interested in how you thought of supply and demand’s role in conflict, it made makes a lot of sense and I agree with you because once things are short in supply, demand becomes high and people fight over who gets it, creating conflict. Overall your project looks good however I don’t really understand the last picture. Does it mean that oil should be shared which means no one can get more oil than others, thus eliminating conflict? Another question of mine is do you think that there are other key factors which create conflict other than supply and demand and religion? What about political and economic stability, or strongly opinionated people, and ideologies?

The last picture is supposed to show how a country might be "allied" with another country and have a contract with them where that country gets the oil from them. That's why the couple is kissing. But then there is this other country that really needs oil as well so they go and have another contract with the country that has oil without the original country knowing. The two countries on both sides will fight for it since they both think they have the right to own the oil, just like the two guys in the last picture would fight for the girl because they think they own her.

Jenny, I liked that you were clear about your opinion and focused on one issue. But I am very interested to hear about what other issues you think are influencing our ever cold world. Say we didn’t have to worry about oil or other natural resources being used up, do you think it is in human nature to try and get as much political power as possible? so can we then tranfer your thoughts about being greedy on oil and applie them to just being greedy and selfish in general? 

That's a really good point you made there. I think it is true, in that point of view, that humans are naturally greedy. However I would say some are more greedy than others. Some people can overcome that and others can't. With resources that are badly needed though nobody is able to overcome that greediness.

Nice work! Expressing your ideas using cartoon is a very challenging, but gives a great impact on people. I did not fully understand your cartoon, why are people (who seems to represent each countries) kissing at the very last picture? However, I liked the way how you said supply and demand are the causes of cold world. But, are the supply and demand the only element to cause a cold world? What if they do not exist?

The last picture is supposed to represent how a country might be "allied" with another country and give them their oil in return for money, but then also behind their back gives oil to a different country. After both countries find out it just causes conflict because both want the oil more than the other. Well of course there are other elements that add together to create a cold world. But in my opinion and other people's opinion that I interviewed, oil would be one of the main reasons for conflict in the world. If that concept wouldn't exist of course we would be way closer to a cold-less world. However, I think I said this before it's in our nature to fight for things that we don't have lots of. That doesn't only have to be oil, it can be lots of other resources too.

I agree with your point of Oil being the center of many gret conflicts but I think that even this point has more roots than that. The reason that there are so many issues around oil could for instance go back to human’s nature of being competitive or such. I think your doodles show the conflict and make it cler that it is noe esy to simply overome such conflict and so even if there is the possiblility of a cold-less world, we are far away from it.

Yes that is exactly what I mean. Human's natrue is being competitive and fighting for something that they don't have lots of. As an example take a poor family. As a child and you see food on the table, you want as much of it as possible, right? That's in our nature. 

I genuinely agree to your idea of connecting certain events such as peace, to your own experiences. Your video has inspired me so much on how to accept people for who they are, and no matter how they treated you before. They will be sorry and regretful. I admire your understanding about respecting people’s opinions too. Definitely, the way people act and become depends on how the are raised. Therefore, they don’t deserve to be penalised or mistreated. It is hard to mention all of the points I agree with yours because I approve to most of it. Accepting is the key to give the world less opposition.

I don't agree with you fully. I think going that way will help and will add some peace, but it will never make it truly peaceful. People are so different, and they grow up in different environments and different societies. We all know that sometimes we judge without even knowing or thinking. It's in our nature. Of course we can choose to not make a big deal out of it, but that urge to judge when we see somebody in a very tight dress, but a body that weighs too much so it's not healthy anymore, is always there. We can be able to LEARN and not say anything or start conflics, but you will never get rid of judgement no matter how hard you try. 

Jenny, I like the way you included a specific example to help put the question into perspective. You said that as long as the world had supply and demand, we would be unable to live without conflict however, what if we removed supply and demand? Is that the only factor that would effect a cold-less world?

I think that you make a good point, but think about it: if you strip away religious and political views from a person, what is left? A person’s true character. We are all born so innocent, not knowing what hate, racism, conflicts etc. are, but while growing up we learn those things from the people around us. If we teach our children not to cause conflicts over materialistic things and to accept different religions, do you think there would still be conflicts over oil and religion?

If that would work, we would definetly be one step closer to a cold-less world. But think about it that way, it is in our nature to fight for things that we think belong to us. Now if you were, let's say, president of a country, and you had a lot of oil that belonged to that country and other countries wanted to take it away from you, you would want to fight for it because it belongs to you. You wouldn't just give it away. 

Your point of view is interesting.  But is paint an accurate way to display our species, I mean when paint is mixed it changes is colour when certain groups of people meet they may not mix well together. In my opinion the only way that paint might represent our society is when a lot of colours are mixed to together and create a hot brown mess.

So you didn't say whether that adapation is positive or negative, wheather living in a cold-less world is possible. Do you think it's possible that everyone could still get along with each other even though the people change? I mean everyone changes at some point. When your environment changes and you get into a new society you change, you adapt because you don't want to stand out negatively. That doesn't mean we couldn't get along with each other. And that doesn't mean change creates conflict.

I agree that people have different views and ways to look at the Cold War. I also agree with point that men are a little superior than women. But some people and governments are trying to set equality between them and do you think that only setting equality between men and women can lead to a cold less world. Even in some countries where there is equality between the two genders, there are still a lot of hate and protest due to other several reasons. 

I appreciate that you agree to this, as a guy. My idea isn’t actually based on research. I’ve been so curious how gender relates to inequality. It interests me how no one in the class actually think that gender equality plays a huge role in conflicts. Which in fact doesn’t, but it adds to all the tensions.

I would say that, especially in European countries, the gap between men and women is either VERY small or even gone. There are lots of female positions in leading roles. Women are involved in politics, in factories, in everyday job and much more. Have you ever thought about the fact that some women want to be HIGHER than men? They want more respect than men, maybe because they have been below men for such a long time that they finally want to be above them. Not in line with them but above. That would explain why so many women participate in that dance, because they want people to feel pity for them. 

What a provocative poem! You certainly captured the seemingly impossible task of accomplishing peace. One of my favorite lines of your poem- When asking if it is possible to live in a cold-less world is a conflict within itself- made me stop and truly contemplate the stance I have been trying to stay true to. However, I have mentioned this on a few other posts that conflict actually can lead to peace. It challenges people to question their own assumptions, forces people to engage in dialogue and inevitably moves the world forward. The aspect of society that I think is changing and will eventually become obsolete is violent and ignorant conflict. I think it is a change that will start from the bottom and work its way up. People have already changed tremendously in the last 50 years, accepting (even if not agreeing with) diversity that I believe will lead to a tipping point where the majority of the people will be promoting a ‘cold-less’ world and the ‘others’ will no longer be powerful enough to control the trajectory of peace. 

I like the poem, I just think that, to the last comment, there is no way we will have a majority that promotes a cold-less world and a minority that doesn't have enough people and power to influence that. Isn't that already the case and there is still conflict? In Afghanistan where soldiers, including my father, risk their lives for peace and harmony, there is always a minority group that leads that fight against them. Or in Mali, I can't imagine that the majority of the people wanted this conflict. I think it's not possible to live in a cold-less world.

This is really how I feel too. I need to learn how to say no, which is really hard when you have a lot of friends that you love and care about. Sometimes we need to say no.