Hollywood stars hand anti-war petition to UN

Middle East Online ^ | March 10, 2003

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NEW YORK - Oscar winner Jessica Lange was among a clutch of Hollywood stars Monday who helped deliver an anti-war petition - signed by more than one million people - to the US mission to the United Nations.

Lange was joined by Ethan Hawke and Steve Buscemi in leading a small group of protestors to the mission in New York, where they handed over the petition which called for a tougher UN inspection regime in Iraq to replace the threat of military action against Baghdad.

"I do not want my children to inherit the legacy of this war," Lange told reporters.

"Americans are a moral people and that requires that we do not let our government lie to us about the righteousness of our cause.

"This war will not serve the basic goodness of the American people and this is not the moral compass we can allow ourselves to be directed by," Lange said.

The signatures for the petition were gathered worldwide over the Internet in just five days by a lobby group, Moveon.org, which is part of a peace coalition known as Win Without War.

Copies of the entire petition, which included 600,000 US signatories, were handed to all 15 members of the UN Security Council, ahead of a key vote this week on whether to set Iraq a specific deadline to disarm or face war.

"We are calling on the world's second superpower, the general public, to rise up and tell their governments ... that we can contain and control Saddam Hussein without war," said Tom Andrews, the national director of Win Without War.

"We want to give the UN inspectors more time to do their job. It is not too much to ask," Andrews said.

Hollywood has lent a publicity-generating voice to the anti-war movement in the United States, specifically through its own lobby group - "Artists United to Win Without War."

There has been speculation that anti-war actors and actresses will use the upcoming Oscars ceremony as a forum to put their message across.

"I hope they do. I think that would be fun," said Ethan Hawke, who rejected the suggestion that the anti-war movement was unpatriotic.

"I'm proud to be an American," he said. "That's why I'm here. I want to go on being proud of being an American."

[Mr. Bird]

I read on National Review Online that Lange cited the Pope as a "moral authority" who is opposed to war. They (NRO) question whether his authority will be observed at the next pro-abortion rally she attends. I thought that was an outstanding point.

[dead]

I'm very suprised that Steve Buscemi is a part of this.

As a former NYC fireman, he spent the days after 911 pulling rubble and looking for survivors in the wreckage of the WTC.

I guess you can hit some mules with a 2x4, and they still don't learn a thing.

[UCFRoadWarrior]

I am sure this will make Saddam happy

[Howlin]

Oscar winner Jessica Lange was among a clutch of CLUELESS Hollywood stars

[Paul Atreides]

"I do not want my children to inherit the legacy of this war," Lange told reporters.

Jessica, what do their fathers have to say about it? Assuming you can remember who the fathers are.

[Highest Authority]

Signed by 1 million eh? Well, I guess that means that well over 250 million DIDN'T want to sign it!!!!!!

[Paul Atreides]

There has been speculation that anti-war actors and actresses will use the upcoming Oscars ceremony as a forum to put their message across.

"I hope they do. I think that would be fun," said Ethan Hawke, who rejected the suggestion that the anti-war movement was unpatriotic.

This is all a big game to these Hollywood morons.

[agrace]

I was going to post the same. I'm quite disappointed too.

[dead]

Signed by 1 million eh?

Yeah, if you count “Heywood Yablowmi,” “Shut up Celebrities” and “You guys suck!” as actual people.

[Far Right Of Left]

"The signatures for the petition were gathered worldwide"
Better adjust that figure...

[Paul Atreides]

"I do not want my children to inherit the legacy of this war," Lange told reporters. = "I do not want my children, or anyone else's children, seeing that a conservative Republican president is more effective and more of a leader than a liberal Democrat president." Lange told reporters.

[Spiff]

Everyone repeat after me, "Hey Jessica, Ethan, and Steve - When we want you to talk, we'll pay you to talk! Until then, shut the hell up!"

[Palladin]

It's time to boycott Hollywood. How about it, FReepers? Don't go to the movies for the duration of the war. Don't go to Blockbuster either. Don't put money in the bank accounts of these traitors.

[BlueLancer]

I wonder if that million included my "Rocket J. Squirrel" and "Bullwinkel Moose" entries?

The whole world wonders ...

Oh, and it doesn't mean that 250 million didn't sign it. Remember, this is one million signatures worldwide. That means that, if the population is still around 6.5 billion, 6 billion and 499 million people didn't sign it.
8')

[Paul Atreides]

I wonder if Jessica signed the petition twice: once as Jessica Lange, and another time, using her real name: Ima Hazbin.

[JoJo Gunn]

Bring back the BLACKLIST!

[Lil'freeper]

I heard Mark Levin on a radio show, probably Hannity, shoot holes through the "millions of people oppose this war" argument. He compared the number of protesters to the number of people who watched Joe Millionaire. In this case: 30 million people watched Joe Millionaire vs. 1 million signatures. ("woah, I'm so unimpressed.")

[Paul Atreides]

That one million signatures must be comprised of Donahue's core audience, plus their dead relatives.

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"I do not want my children to inherit the legacy of this war," Lange told reporters.

Doesn't she realize that she and her children are direct inheritors of other wars that ensured their freedom?