Rhymed Reflections<\/i><\/p>\n
The world\u00a0cries again; innocent lives in Connecticut were sacrificed
\nand\u00a0current legislation\u00a0for gun control and\u00a0use\u00a0once more unsufficed<\/p>\n
New, effective laws need to be drafted and carefully implemented
\nfor violence perpetrated in urban school settings to be prevented<\/p>\n
but more than legislation is needed for\u00a0 such killings not \u00a0to take place
\nFor Programs in Nonkilling Education in schools there should be a space<\/p>\n
Along with the Right to Peace and to Nonviolence, the Right not to be killed should be globally\u00a0known
\nand\u00a0 in\u00a0all languages and ,cultures, principles and\u00a0applications \u00a0of\u00a0 the Nonkilling Approach\u00a0 \u00a0be sown<\/p>\n
From the Connecticut killings other lessons may be taught
\nbut now, life-protecting-supporting actions should be\u00a0sought<\/p>\n
To know about Nonkilling,\u00a0the Center for Global Nonkilling site\u00a0please access
\nand ways\u00a0to\u00a0overcome \u00a0violence and killing you will\u00a0 creatively be\u00a0able to\u00a0profess<\/p>\n
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Francisco Gomes de Matos is a peace linguist and human rights educator from Recife-Brazil, author,<\/em> among others, of the book<\/i> Nurturing Nonkilling: A Poetic Plantation (2010, Center for Global Nonkilling, Honolulu-Hawai\u2019i). Downloadable at www.nonkilling.org<\/a>. Co-founder: The World Dignity University Initiative.<\/em><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The world cries again; innocent lives in Connecticut were sacrificed
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