Peace and Justice have formed the foundation of my outlook on life since adolescence. And I have no idea why. Maybe I really believed the words and actions of Jesus I was taught as a youth.
I had to be convinced that going to war was a defensible position. A colleague in the graduate assistant program in political philosophy shared with me his studies on “Just War” theory. I won’t support a war of aggression by anyone. But experience showed the necessity of defending oneself—personally and nationally—with force.
We already had one major war of aggression and terrorism in Eastern Europe. Now we have the breakout of another in Israel.
War breaks my heart. The terror, destruction, dehumanizing the enemy—all completely opposite of how we should be living.
We can pray for peace. We can pray for justice. What I as an individual can do, I have no idea. I wish I could.
Yet, here I am at another technology conference where I’m talking with people of many nationalities all working to solve problems of a better workplace, improved security against cyber attacks, decarbonizing our processes, creating a sustainable future.
There are bad things; there are good things. I guess that’s the way of the world.
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