Guns Make Lousy Plowshares

Guns make lousy plowshares But they rust so beautifully. Think of how they'd look With snap beans crawling over them.

 -Rod McKuen

This is the way of peace. Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth and hatred with love.

-Peace Pilgrim

Consider this. In Costa Rica the armed forces were abolished after the 1948 civil war. Pura vida. After a bloody civil war in Nicaragua the army now helps with hurricane relief, delivers election ballots and provides other needed services.