Ideology of Peace
POSITIVE STATUS QUOISM
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fall apart, but in the process of what are
essentially ruinous activities, all those social
traditions which had taken centuries to build,
simply fall to pieces. Then as a result of
bloodshed
and
violent
confrontation,
innumerable people fall victim to all kinds of
afflictions. While experience shows that the
method of radicalism is ideologically very
attractive, in terms of its practical outcome, it is
devoid of all merit.
Another method is that of avoiding confrontation
with the status quo and chalking out a plan for
possible action within possible spheres. By
temporarily accepting the status quo, current
opportunities may then be availed of. This is the
positive status quoism to which I referred at the
beginning of this chapter.
The method of radicalism invariably produces
violence: on the contrary, positive status quoism
fulfills its target by keeping the peace in society.
While the former invariably aggravates the
problem, the latter, by avoiding friction, proceeds
smoothly, without creating any problems. If one is
