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Your Idea: A Weapon that creates Peace
Let's face it; War is a business.
How, then, do we create a product of war, that doesn't hurt, maim, or kill, but rather does the opposite and heals, prevents, and stops conflict that a corporate company can patent and therefore make money from, keeping not only innocent people from being harmed, but also feeds the corporate companies' bottom line of keeping investors happy?!?
The idea is simple in effect, and promotes peace whilst still increasing worth.
I just have little idea on what the war product could be, so I'm crowd-sourcing from you, fellow TEDsters, to help build the perfect weapon: A weapon of peace.
Should it be just one weapon of peace, or, just as there are many weapons of war, perhaps there should be multiple weapons of peace that can each be patented by the companies listed here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_modern_armament_manufacturers and allow such companies to make money from peace?
as always, I'm awaiting your thoughts.....
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Mohannad Al Mahayni
But if it is creating peace should then be called a weapon?
Your question reminded me of a saying of Prophet Mohammad PBUH (I will try to find a proper translation and post it here) but my own explanation will be: (Do you want me to tell you about something if you all do then love will spread among all? Spread the word Salam - which is the greeting of Islam (peace be upon you) -
this could be a start.
griffin tucker 10+
i would be most interested if you could post here the translation that you speak of, as i'm not quite sure i understand it completely.