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The
Petition
What
follows is a petition that will be forwarded to President Bush, and other
world leaders, urging them to avoid war as a response to the terrorist
attacks against the World
Trade Center
and the Pentagon this week. Please read it, sign below, and forward the
link to as many people as possible, as quickly as possible. We must
circulate this quickly if it is to have any effect at all, as the Congress
of The United States
has already passed a resolution supporting any military action President
Bush deems appropriate.
We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of the
United States of America and of countries around the world, appeal to the
President of The United States, George W. Bush; to the NATO Secretary
General, Lord Robertson; to the President of the European Commission,
Romano Prodi; and to all leaders internationally to use moderation and
restraint in responding to the recent terrorist attacks against the United
States. We implore the powers that be to use, wherever possible,
international judicial institutions and international human rights law to
bring to justice those responsible for the attacks, rather than the
instruments of war, violence or destruction.
Furthermore,
we assert that the government of a nation must be presumed separate and
distinct from any terrorist group that may operate within its borders, and
therefore cannot be held unduly accountable for the latter's crimes. It
follows that the government of a particular nation should not be condemned
for the recent attack without compelling evidence of its cooperation and
complicity with those individuals who actually committed the crimes in
question.
Innocent
civilians living within any nation that may be found responsible, in part
or in full, for the crimes recently perpetrated against the United
States, must not bear any responsibility
for the actions of their government, and must therefore be guaranteed
safety and immunity from any military or judicial action taken against the
state in which they reside.
Lastly
and most emphatically, we demand that there be no recourse to nuclear,
chemical or biological weapons, or any weapons of indiscriminate
destruction, and feel that it is our inalienable human right to live in a
world free of such arms.
Please fill out the following information to sign the petition:
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Your name and email address will not be shared
with anyone except those to whom the petition is addressed, nor will it be
used for commercial purposes of any kind. Click here for a count of
signatures and other information. If you are a public figure, celebrity or
high profile academic, please let us know you've signed by emailing us.
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