The Divisiveness of Peace

November 29, 2006

Our daughter's middle name will be Peace. Having a child in this time of war, it made sense to give her a name that looked toward a hopeful future.. I trust she will listen with amazement to our descriptions of the wild destruction that was being sown at the time of her birth..

Oddly peace has come, in some quarters, to stand for something divisive.. even anti-American. This article in the New York Times has a surreal feel to it.. a house in Colorado banned from displaying a peace sign?

Are we so committed to our philosophy of militarization that the proclamation of a philosophy of peace is inherently offensive? Our daughter will have a reminder of that alternative philosophy in her name. It will also be a constant reminder for us as parents to find ways to support that philosophy.