At 01:21 PM 3/3/2003 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote:
>But a good number of the people marching aren't necessarily in agreement
>with ANSWER's general policies.
This was the same reason why many people refused to march in the Nation of
Islam's Million Man March, despite agreement with the principles of the
March itself.
In general, you should be very cautious about in any way supporting an
organization whose views you find repulsive.
> Additionally, there are smaller rallies and
>marches organized by people *not* connected to ANSWER. Will you tar them
>*all* with the ANSWER brush? What about demonstrations where people are
>gathering not to protest, but to pray for peace?
Well, this is more difficult - but the only definition of "peace" in Iraq
is total and complete disarmament and resignation by Saddam Hussein and his
allies. When I pray for peace, I pray with that mind.
Unfortunately, I think that for far too many of the people who pray for
"peace," their definition of peace includes the deaths of hundreds of
thousands of Iraqi men, women, and children from malnutrition and
inadequate medical care at the hands of a brutal dictatorship. That is
not any peace that I know.
JDG
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