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My eye just caught the signature of a member of this forum (whose name I would not mention since this post is not about him/her):

"The greatest honor history can bestow on man is the title of PEACEMAKER!"

I find that statement quite intruiging because HISTORY would honour such people (but then history written by who?) but men rarely honour such people as world events SEEM to suggest:

Olof Palme, was shot in the back while still Prime Minister of Sweden. While the real reaon for his assasination has remained a mystery till today, I think it had to do with his anti-war stance. He was in my opinion, a peacemaker but how much honour does he have today?

How many men in history are honoured for being peace makers?

johnie:
How many men in history are honoured for being peace makers?

Off the top of my head. . .

- Jesus Christ
- Dalai Lama
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Mother Theresa
- Oscar Schindler

Almost forgot. . .

- Gani Fawehinmi

Osama Obama was awarded the 'Nobel Peace Prize'

Therefore he will go down in (the white mans) history as a peacemaker -

How about prophet Mohammed?.

Ngodigha:
How about prophet Mohammed?.

Nope! The point is peacemaker not vanquisher. Otherwise one would also class the likes of Julius Caesar, Pope Urban II, Alexander the Great e.t.c as peacemakers.

Mariory:
Off the top of my head. . .

- Jesus Christ
- Dalai Lama
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Mother Theresa
- Oscar Schindler

I agree with your list.

You proved your point.