Do you agree? The Pen is Mightier than the sword?

The pen definitely is mightier than the sword.It can kill you slowly and painfully by denying you all that you desire in life and point you towards the gutter.It can give you a very painful life where you retain your senses but wish you did not.The sword too can give you a physical disability but cannot generally kill you morally.The pen hurts the heart and mind and can break a person whereas a sword creates physical damage and mental damage to a much lesser extent.

I personally believe the pen is far mightier than the sword in many different ways. The pen is able to both start and end wars with far more subtlety and effectiveness than the sword, and can even find peace during conflict in a way that is indeed impossible for the sword. The pen can murder discreetly and efficiently, yet to kill with the sword is a messy and easily noticeable process. Many have killed through the pen and have managed to remain undiscovered by their evil deeds, yet those that have killed with the sword never evade capture for long... Anybody can wield the sword and use it to cause damage, yet only a master can wield the pen and create similar results. The pen is also able to bring peaceful resolve to a situation, yet the only resolve the sword knows of is a barbaric and bloody one.

Yes, I agree. The pen can start a war..true. But it also has the power to end one as well. Communication is a powerful tool. More so than any weapon!

Yeah,I complete agree with you that, a pen is mightier than the sword. Do you know a Chinese writer named Luxun who can be one usde pen to kill enemies.He proved that the pen is mightier than the sword. I do hope that my can save the people more than hurt them.

The philippine national hero did use that phrase and I definitely agree with him. A pen can influence thousands or even millions. A sword can persuade a few but end up with higher possibility of failure. Nowadays, the pen may be referred to as any form of writing. We should not take the 'pen' as literally a ballpoint pen or plume. In context the pen now is definitely by all means the strongest weapon one can use. Take for instance mylot, tweeter or facebook. All these can change people's lives without having someone to point swords against anyone.

I aso agree with you. The pen is as might or mightier than the sword. The tongue alos can set fires as the bible sale (James 3:6). Also the book of Proverbs gives numerous examples of how the tongue caneither cause or prevent maledies. I think that the tongue and pen are related because an individual, cleric, leader or group can send an audio tape out and cause the same thing as would happen if something was written into order.

I dont think so, though you put your arguments cleverly. I equate the pen with communication, & communication can break down barriers. Whilst the world leaders are communicating, they are likely not to be fighting wars. The pen also makes me think of creativity, reports, news and many ways of keeping in touch, discovering and being educated.

It depend with the situation. Swords can kill instantly but the pen will let you live longer but it keeps on tearing your heart and conscience little by little and that would be much more painful...right.

Yes I do agree with you. The power of the pen, just like the power of the spoken holds tremendous power which is not to be underestimated. The pen can cause emotional pain that can create life long scars. One should be careful of what one writes because once written it is there forever along with its repercussions and consequences. The pen can cut so much deeper than the sword ever could. The pen can assist toward healing too. The simple act of writing in a diary every day has healed many out of despair.

Hi rjvb, lets correlate the objects to things in contemporary times. :) Imagine my humble mouse, and my humble keyboard pitched against the nuclear bomb! Naah. I don't think it makes any sense, does it? Especially if some inflammatory speech can be made without using either your pen, or my keyboard. :) I think hunger is mightiest of them all. As long as people are hungry, they can be incited easily, and chances of them taking irrational decisions such as opting for wars and nuclear destruction are more. Got my point?

Even when done in the name of peace, honor, goodness the sword can only be weilded by one born to it or trained to it. Otherwise its effectiveness is lost. The pen can be weilded by anyone with a thought, a hope, a value, a song to express..The pen can lift one to the heavens or cast him out. It can free or imprison both its user and target. It is the strength of numbers because anyone, anytime, anywhere, for any reason can use it or abuse it and do greatness or harm. Enjoy!

that is true.a pen along with a paper can even make the strongest bond and even the greatest enemity.If a particular condition put forward in some piece of paper and if there is a person of great power who has signed on it approving it,then no matter how powerful the person is or not but once signed it cannot be taken back or reconsidered unless there is a certain validity in the agreement.and if there isnt any validity the man's stuck with it

I just thought of asking this question.i guess you read my mind.ITs just amazing what a pen can do so for sure pen has the upper hand when it comes to mightiness.its mightier than the sword for too many reasons.a pen kill much faster than the sword in many situations so i go for the pen not the sword.so many have found it to be a deadly weapon.so my point heads to pen..cheers

I completely agree!! Its actually the pen who initiates be it an argument or a settlement, a dispute or a war. Even if turn over the pages of history, in old days as well it was the pen, the message which was sent to enemies to have these sword wars etc. Its your pen and not the sword who has taken you so far, sword cannot teach you anything and pen can teach you all. There is a very famous saying "Ink of scholar is holier than the blood of martyr". Its pen that rules the world.

Yes in this current society Pen is mightier than sword yea , but i still believe in Sword as it gives a kind of aura .

i think it is 50 50 on both parts the pen orders the sword to attack something and swords can overthrow the pen.