She carried a sign that read "END THE WAR" and she handed me a pamphlet containing the same, simple message. 
 
"Which war are you looking to end?" I asked as I accepted the paper. "There are several, as I'm sure you know." 
 
"Every war," she replied without hesitation. 
 
I wondered aloud if she might not then want to consider changing her message to an even more elegant "END WAR." It struck me that she wanted to go after the concept more than any particular implementation. 
 
"No-one would ever talk to me if I did that," she explained. "Plus we've already printed the signs." 
 
And so that's how we agreed to keep it to just the one war for today.