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RE: apocalypse indeed
Sharon
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Excellently
written. I agree with you 100%.
Although
President Bush's actions are approved by the House of Representative, that does
not (in no way) reflect the opinions of their constituency.
Thanks for saying
what had to be said,
Tom
Hansen
I heard the news today that 130
of the192 countries making up the United Nations have requested an open
meeting with the UN security council. The U.S. war is opposed by France
and Russia, among the rest.
The impact of Congress' decision
will be felt for a long time, as it has established a precedent for any future
President to hearken back to. As the Taft-Hartley Act serves Mr. Bush
today to squelch the dock workers in the interest of the economy, so, too,
yesterday's Joint Resolution will serve future President's when they are
tempted with power to use force. It makes it so easy, from now on,
anytime another nation peeves us a little, let the bombs fly! Who needs
dialogue? Diplomacy? Bah. A most inconvenient, complex,
messy task. Coming to UNDERSTANDING each other, even in times of
difference?
Certainly India, China, Korea, Burma etc. will be
watching closely to learn just how its done, as the U.S. defines the word
"pre-emptive".
I am dismayed that Congress could be so short-sighted
and succumb to the selfish goals of the next election. To know that our
government was designed with at least a modicum of protection via the 535
elected representatives for a reason. So, back to Kings and
monarchy we go, and long live the Imperial power?
Please, dear
Visionaries, whatever your beliefs, your politics, your persuasions, you still
have the right to FREE SPEECH, keep using it. No matter what label ia
applied, not everyone fits neatly into a box, nor chooses to limit themselves
to only one way of thinking at all times, nor is a radical leftist, beer
drinker, bible thumper, tree hugger, arms bearer, breast barer, Aryan,
anarchist, arch conservative, redneck or slut. We need every one of
us. As long as all the voices have an equal opportunity to be
heard. even the fragments and run-ons and the grammar
police (there is always the delete key)
Words of
Vietnamese Buddhist Thich Nhat Hanh, words that sound at first naive:
"No
men are our enemies. By this we do not mean that we think no men will
try to destroy us; or that we overlook that fact that men from certain
sections of the society are above all likely to try it. We mean, first,
of course, that we are committed to try not to destroy them; we mean
furthermore that there is a working chance--if we do refuse to threaten them
with violence personally as we struggle with them--that in certain instances
at least some of them may be willing to accommodate themselves to the pressure
we put on them to change, and so both they and we may be liberated from the
state of enmity. We mean that we refuse to cut ourselves off from them
in any ultimate human sense--counting it as both decent and practical to do
so. The point is not vengeance but change."
Sorry I went on too
long. My long-winded way to say I appreciate this forum, especially in
these times of darkness and disappointment.
Sharon
Sullivan
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