Hello to all,
I was a little dismayed at Vikki's comment. I'm new to this list, so I
waited a bit to see if ecoFem had a consensus [on one side or the other] on
how appropriate it was for the list. I don't have children but the children
of this world do matter to me as an ecofeminist. War does, too. Very much
so! [For one the Kosovo war has wreaked a terrible destruction on the
environment, I have excellent reports on this if anyone is interested].
Already the children are inheriting a massively eco-damaged planet,
especially in some parts of the world. Now war breeds rape (I have posted to
other feminist lists excerpts from Starhawk on this, that I'll send if you
wish). So here you have children tortured into becoming soldiers so that, as
the next generation, they can ruin the environment and rape women.... We are
far from the native American concern with caring for the earth for the seven
generations before us and the seven generations after!
A last word. If you wonder where I come from when I say all this, here's my
web site
http://syxy.ctw.cc/syxy/viviane/
In appreciation of ecofeminists anywhere,
Viviane Lerner
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> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 1999 11:04 AM
> To: STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT
> Subject: Re: 300,000 Child Soldiers Serving World-Wide
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> Here, here Laurel! You said it very well why ecofeminists should be very
> interested in why and how wars are waged. And the further implications
> for indoctrinating children as soldiers. What will these children be like
> when/if they return. What will their cultures be like? How will they be
> global citizens? And with what we know about women being the spoils of
> war, what does that tell you about how women will be treated in their
> cultures and for what ends? Seems a very ecofeminst issue.
>
> Randi Zimmerman
>
> "In the process of infinate beginnings, even immortality is mortal."
> -- Trinh T. Minh-ha
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