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Finally, do not let yourself be taken in by those who tell you that military service enables you to learn how to use a gun and that “it can always be useful”, while they continue to pile up nuclear missiles. They want to teach you violence, to teach you not to be afraid of killing a person like yourself, using the excuse that he is wearing a different uniform, and training you until it becomes a mechanical reflex after repeated practice against training targets. Do not be taken in by those who tell you that you must fight for your country. No country deserves it. Do not be influenced by those who say to you: “What if enemies invade our country, shouldn't we defend ourselves?” Answer that non-violence is always more efficient ! 4 It is not proven that those who died for France were right, no matter how hostile their aggressors were. Look at the triumph of an Wee or oa Such people will tell you that you must fight for your liberty, but they forget that the Gauls lost their war against the Romans, and that the French are no worse off for being descendants of the conquered, having benefited from the civilization of the conquerors. Live rather in fulfillment, freedom and love, instead of listening to all those narrow-minded, aggressive people. The most important aid you have to help you reach a long and lasting universal peace is television, the source of a genuine planetary awareness that makes it possible to see what goes on every day all over the globe and realize that the “barbarians” who live on the other side of the border have all the same joys, the same sorrows and the same problems as yourselves. It also records the progress of science, the latest artistic creations, and so on. Of course, it is important to ensure that this wonderful tool of diffusion and communication does not fall into the hands of people who would use it to condition masses of people by providing biased But you really can consider television to be the nervous system of humanity, which enables each individual to be aware of the existence ! co. 1 1 a ro. 1 tor 158 INTELLIGENT DESIGN: MESSAGE FROM THE DESIGNERS than violence. Gandhi in India. information. of others and to see how they live. It also prevents the spread of