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I'm starting to ask myself how the United States difffers from Nazis Germany? On 9 Dec 01, at 3:39, Steve Wagner wrote: > HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > --------------------------- > > from a link at http://www.antiwar.com to > The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com > _________________________ > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52745-2001Dec3.html > > Shot Just Misses Antiwar Demonstrator > > By Maureen O'Hagan > > A group holding a weekly peace vigil in Howard County has endured > curses, yelling and threats of violence. But on Saturday, police > said, someone in a car fired a shot at the group that came within > inches of one of the protesters. > > Samuel E. Stayton, 66, of Columbia, said he was carrying a sign made > of particle board and had it propped up on his belt buckle about 4:30 > p.m. Saturday, about halfway through the vigil. "I heard this noise > and felt a vibration in my sign," he said. "I looked at the sign and > saw a little hole in the lower left corner." > > Stayton said the hole went through the sign and missed his midsection > by about four inches. > > The sign read, "Peace on Earth." > > "We believe it was a BB or a pellet of some kind fired by a moving > vehicle," said Howard County police spokeswoman Sherry Llewellyn. An > officer went to the scene and took a report, but Stayton said he had > not seen who fired the shot. > > The vigil, which has attracted about 10 to 15 people each week since > it began about two months ago, was organized by a local Quaker group > in response to U.S. military action in Afghanistan, although not > everyone involved is affiliated with the Quakers. The gathering is > held Saturdays at Broken Land Parkway and Little Patuxent Parkway, a > busy intersection near The Mall in Columbia. > > Participants stand silently on the sidewalk carrying signs with > slogans such as "Justice, yes. Violence, no" and "War is not the > answer." > > Saturday's shooting was the first violent incident the group has > encountered. The demonstrators have been heckled before, and > occasionally someone has flashed an obscene gesture. "Last week, I > heard, 'War is good,' " Stayton recalled. "Another one said, 'War is > the answer.' " > > Organizer Sherry Morgan, of Scaggsville, said: "I recall one > particularly disturbing incident [on a previous weekend] where a > gentleman was sitting in the left turn lane yelling, 'You should all > be killed.'" > > Morgan said that on Sunday, the local Quaker meeting discussed the > shooting incident and decided to continue the vigils. > > Morgan said she came to beliefs about the war in Afghanistan after > considerable thought, weighing her pacifist leanings against her > feelings about people directly affected by the Sept. 11 terrorist > attacks. "Justice can be pursued without dropping bombs on a > country," she said. > > The demonstrators considered asking for extra police protection in > light of the shooting incident, but in the end decided against it. > > Stayton said that he will continue to attend. "It did shake me up a > little bit," he said. "I wouldn't want to do it alone." > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > http://greetings.yahoo.com > > ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
