Where is Our Spring?

The war has no importance but emptiness. If I had a power to ban anything in the world, I would ban war. Recently, we can see a likelihood that war between Iraq and America will happen on TV, News Paper, etc. It absolutely has to be stopped.

What’s the purpose for having war instead of negotiation? Will we be happy after the war? Can we get some treat through the war? Of course not. Because after the war there is nothing but anger and madness which would cause a new war though the old one was over. Not to mention, the war makes a lot of harm and victims of not only soldiers but also innocent people bloodthirstily. In fact, my mother’s grandpa died because of World War 2 (1939-45) and many people in Hiroshima died by the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima City. Besides, after the war people who could barely evade death at that time were suffering from distress.

The second reason why I want to ban the war is clear. I don’t want to lose my life, family, friends and my peaceful future. If war happened now, I would rather die than living alone. I have a dream as everybody has a dream. I want to marry with a man whom I will really fall in love with. If I died because of war, I couldn’t go to heaven easily because I unfinished my future in the world.

That’s why I hate war and want to ban it. Can you figure out some plus of war? If you can, tell me your thought, but probably I won’t be able to nod with your thought. I wish we could have a peaceful world that would never have war again.

Chiharu Yokogoshi, Student, Hunter College NYC