Make love, not war

Make love not war is an anti-war slogan commonly associated with the American counterculture of the 1960s. It was used primarily by those who were opposed to the Vietnam War, but has been invoked in other anti-war contexts since.

In popular culture

• The slogan was featured in John Lennon's 1973 song "Mind Games".

• The slogan was the inspiration for a book by David Allyn: Make Love, Not War: The Sexual Revolution: An Unfettered History.

• The slogan is parodied many times in popular culture, including in the South Park episode "Make Love, Not Warcraft" (also parodying World of Warcraft) and the videogame Destroy all Humans 2! Make War Not Love.

• On the DEC PDP-10, typing the command "make love" would result in the response "not war?". This action was copied on some older versions of UNIX. Some recent operating systems have brought the easter egg back, such as FreeBSD 7.0; as of /src/usr.sbin/make/Makefile version 1.65 if you type "make love", the answer you will get is "Not war.".

See also

• 1960s
• 1970s
• Vietnam War
• Breasts Not Bombs