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Chapter 48 (v2)

Protecting Peace can Put you in Prison

Janet Kuypers
7/14/17

The first Nobel Peace Prize was granted in 1901.
The first Nobel Peace laureate to die in prison
was Carl von Ossietzky, detained by Nazi Germany;
he died in prison in 1938. But there’s a new death,
do not fret, because is seems that peace can be
squashed in any millennia.

                                                Do you remember
the Tiananmen Square Riots back in 1989? Or at least
the iconic photo of a student in front of a tank?
Well, the students didn’t battle the Chinese government
on their own and win, they had help from Liu Xiaobo.
This man for peace was revered for his work,
but the Chinese government stopped him in 2008,
because he was drafting and promoting a manifesto
promoting peaceful political change. And for this,
the Chinese government imprisoned him for “subversion”.

Yes, for “subversion”, this man was sentenced
to eleven years in prison, and it was while in prison
that he was granted the Nobel Peace Prize.

During that Oslo awards ceremony, they left
an empty chair for their imprisoned man of honor.

And now the Chinese government bears responsibility,
more than for imprisoning a Nobel Peace laureate
who only promoted peaceful politics, but for
failure to properly diagnose and treat his ailments,
because on 7/13 the imprisoned Peace Prize
winner died in detention of liver cancer at age 61.

And sure, we can look around the room and think
that we are nice to other people, that we respect
other people. And we may think as we look around
that other people feel the same way toward us.

And it’s wonderful to surround yourself with people
like you, who think like you, who cushion you
from anyone who may think differently. Because
when you stay in your bubble, everything seems fine.

But it’s only when we see those who choose to fight,
those who are trounced upon and downtrodden
only because they support a peaceful coexistence,
that staying with supporters is seldom the solution.

Peace with the ones you choose to know is one thing.
Peace with a mortal enemy is another, when others
decide you are at fault for some unknown reason.
So maybe the key to promoting peace

is not to share our ideas with those like-minded souls
you’re near, but to find the people least like you,
religiously, racially, politically, and just extend your hand.
In peace. And then see who will take your hand.



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