Someone please tell me this is a joke. These idiots can't possibly be serious.
How about an opium poppy?
Think of it! Almost three times the number of people were slain in one hundred minutes last month than were lost in total at Pearl Harbor. Yet, in that bygone period, the sneak attack instantly galvanized the entire nation behind our government with civic duty raised far above civil rights. Every vestige of divisive protest and self interest for this or that end vanished in an instant on that Sunday morning. The nation was unified and focused to win over evil at any cost...... I remember.
Yet now various organizations freely implement their right to march and protest any and all of our government’s defensive actions, all the while external evil masking as a religion has so obviously set out to destroy us. And where is common sense and common decency so soon projected before the families of these thousands of murdered American innocents? What, if anything, concerning civil duty and obligations essential to civil rights are being taught in our schools?
Since the Vietnam war, there has been an increasing emphasis on civil rights and civil liberties by many organizations. All are well financed and amply supplied with lawyers ready to feed at the trough while defeating any injustice.. real, contrived, or imagined.
The outward support of most Americans toward their government in this unfolding war is a joy to behold. Yet something seems amiss insofar as integrating, for the young in particular, an understanding of why civic obligations and duties are an essential element and precursor to lasting civil rights in our American equation.
Basking Ridge and perhaps America may never be the same.
But a Freep is a Freep. Where are we meeting?
Apparently, this is the line they're all using. No, they're not crying for war, they're crying for
Jim
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More info on the october14 anti-war demo by october 14 planning group 7:50am Fri Oct 12 '01 Boston_October14@yahoo.com
Action guidlines and asnwers to questions about Sunday's demo
Hi, friends. We hope that you are all planning on coming to the demonstration in Boston on October 14. While memorializing those killed in the horrifying attacks on September 11, we will also be voicing our opposition to the US military response, as well as to the repression we are already seeing at home, particularly that targeting the Arab-American communities and immigrants in general.
The demonstration will begin at 3:00 (sharp!) at Copley Square, and it will continue with speakers, performers, and a march, ending around 6:00. Speakers from a wide range of communities will address a number of topics, including the political situation in the Middle Easts and Central Asia, the backlaash against Arab-American and Muslim communities, restrictions on immigrants' rights, the economic effects on workers, general civil liberties, and much more. The event will end around 6:00 pm.
Below is information in response to some questions we've received--we' hope that it is helpful. For more information, contact Boston_October14@yahoo.com
Thanks!
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FLOWERS: You probably saw in the initial announcement that everyone is asked to bring a flower. Please do so! In an effort both to create good visuals and to make the demonstration more engaging than a stand-and-listen-to-speeches kind of passive thing, there's going to be a march, and at the end of the march, we'd like everyone to lay a flower on a memorial we're making for the vicitims of September 11 and the victims of our country's response. It should be a powerful image and ritual. The flowers can be real or fake. But if each person can bring at least one, and ideally more for those who forget, it will help to make this a stronger event.
ART: Please bring it! While we do want this demonstration to have something of a somber tone, we also hope to have as much beauty as possible. For those who will be in Boston a day early for any reason, there will be an artmaking session in Boston that Saturday, October 13, from about 1:00 to 5:00 pm at MIT Building 5, room 134.
ACTION GUIDELINES: After some discussion, the group organizing the October 14 demonstration has come up with action guildelines that we ask all participants to adhere to. Some may feel that this is unnecessary, but we want to avoid miscommunications. We want this to be a demonstration with a tone that recognizes the enormity of the September 11 attacks and the trauma that people are still dealing with. At the same time, we seek to make very clear our opposition to the deadly military response, as well as to the repression we are already seeing at home, particularly that targeting the Arab-American communities and immigrants in general. We call on everyone participating to be nonviolent. We specifically ask that people not use drugs or alcohol during the demonstration, and that there be no destruction of property. We also ask people to refrain from independent acts of civil disobedience during the demonstration. We also call on all who participate to respect the diverse range of opinions and political orientations of those involved in this demonstration. By laying out these guidelines, we are not seeking to make value judgments, but to lay set out what we feel will make this demonstration safest for all who participate, including those from targeted communities, while getting our message out as clearly as possible.
http://www.justicewithpeace.org/
Jim