-Caveat Lector- ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 22, 1999 2:50 PM Subject: Colorado and Kosovo: What is NATO Teaching Our Children? Institute for Public Accuracy 915 National Press Building, Washington, D.C. 20045 (202) 347-0020 * http://www.accuracy.org * [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________________ Thursday, April 22, 1999 COLORADO AND KOSOVO: WHAT IS NATO TEACHING OUR CHILDREN? President Clinton on the school shootings: "We must do more to reach out to our children and teach them to express their anger and to resolve their conflicts with words, not weapons." MARY JOAN PARK, [EMAIL PROTECTED] A peace educator and director of Little Friends for Peace, a peace camp for young people, Park contrasted Clinton's statement on the Colorado shootings with his bombing of Yugoslavia. When Clinton said children should "resolve their conflicts with words, not weapons," Park's son asked: "Why doesn't he do it?" Park said today: "Violence unleashes more violence. Yes, Mr. Clinton, let's talk about it, not fight about it. Let's spend more money on peace education programs, not weapon making. Let's stand for children and let's live by our values. We're devastated by the students being killed. Why is it we're not devastated by those killed by our bombs?" SIMONA SHARONI, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor at American University and director of its Peace and Conflict Resolution Semester Program, Sharoni said: "Students in my peace and conflict resolution seminar found Clinton's response to the Colorado shooting ironic. It's hypocritical to expect adolescents to explore alternative solutions to violence while their leaders are so quick to pull the trigger. The glorification of violence in the media and in the political arena coupled with the availability of guns no doubt contribute to the likelihood of frustrated teenagers resorting to quick, violent solutions. The solution is not to put more metal detectors in schools or build fences around them, but to critically and courageously look at the underlying social and political conditions that condone violence as a legitimate way of dealing with conflict." STEPHEN ZUNES, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] An associate professor of politics and chair of the Peace and Justice Studies Program at the University of San Francisco, Zunes said: "There was something incongruous on the evening news about seeing President Clinton condemn the violence in Colorado followed immediately by scenes of NATO's devastation in Yugoslavia overlayed with the tired old rationalizations for it. Unable to show any political gains from the bombing, such as an end to Serbian atrocities, many are wondering if the bombing campaign may be just as senseless as the high school shootings... The one good thing that may come out of this tragic bombing is the realization that archaic military alliances like NATO and bloated military budgets are not the best means to insure peace and security in Europe -- or anywhere else." For more information, contact at the Institute for Public Accuracy: Sam Husseini, (202) 347-0020; David Zupan, (541) 484-9167 ~~~~~~~~~~~~ A<>E<>R The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority. -Thomas Huxley + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Forwarded as information only; no endorsement to be presumed + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
