Past Nobel Peace Prize Winner: "I Could Kill George Bush"

Marooned in Marin webblog ^ | October 9, 2009 | Marooned in Marin

[stratman1969]

Questioned about her speech Thursday morning, Ms. Williams initially denied making the comment but reversed course after organizers confirmed the quote.

In a speech before 1,000 people Wednesday, Ms. Williams said that violence is a choice and the push for peace takes hard work and commitment.

"Right now, I could kill George Bush," she said. "No, I don't mean that. How could you nonviolently kill somebody? I would love to be able to do that." As she made her point, she chuckled and some members of the audience laughed.

[Tublecane]

“How could you nonviolently kill somebody?”

I often hear people talking about “killing with kindness”. Does that count?

[SpinnerWebb]

A pillow over the face seems nonviolent. I mean, come on... it’s a PILLOW.

[choctaw man]

We need love crime legislation.

[SES1066]

Note that this was a speech in 2007 so don't look for it in breaking news.

An interesting point to me is that this Nobel Laureate accepted congratulations for her 'courage' in speaking out against President Bush. I am puzzled every time I hear these kinds of accolades, how and why is such speech courageous? At any time was this person or Cindy Sheehan or anyone else non-violently speaking out or otherwise protesting in actual danger from Mr. Bush or other members of the Executive Branch of the US Government?

The obvious answer is no but by publicizing these comments and inputing courage and daring to the speaker, the media conflates these people with those in other countries that have and do suffer at the hands of their government when they criticize it. Outside the established democracies, people do risk life, liberty and health in actions like these. It is to the media's extreme DISCREDIT that they equate these heros to people expressing fully countenanced dissent by such idiocy.