When did you file your CO (conscientious objector) papers? Tell us
about your plans to go to jail rather than perpetuate war and to kill.
Or are your words as hollow as your friends?
And when did resisting wars ever mean one can't and should not
honor those that did offer their bodies, willingly, or by coercion,
as a sacrifice.
I honor those that resisted, those that were on the "other" side (a
strange concept), and those who were conscripted and volunteered for
the US Armed Forces and lost limbs and lives.
Are you one of those who spit on vietnam vet amputees and maimed?
Can you step off your soap box long enough to honor those who were
forced to fight wars they did not start?
I have less sympathy for leaders and voters who create and feed the
foundations of war. And dillitants who sprout prissy nice words that
are hollow, cynical and so dry -- empty of compassion and humanity.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote:
> > TurquoiseB wrote:
> > >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Every Memorial Day we hear that myth about those who
> > > > have fallen fighting for "our freedom." Believe me
> > > > nobody ever died fighting for "our freedom."
> > >
> > > The vast majority of them fought and died because
> > > they were told to and had so little imagination
> > > that it never occurred to them that they could
> > > say no, to conscription and to the whole stupid
> > > business of war.
> > >
> > > But mark my words, you're gonna get a lot of flak
> > > here for saying this, from those with just as
> > > little imagination, who are upset that you choose
> > > to rock the boat when they are afraid to.
> >
> > Exactly, you are so right.
>
> A number of years ago, when I was living in Boston, I was
> fortunate enough to meet a remarkable gentleman by the
> name of Lewis Randa. Lewis was nothing short of an
> inspiration, one of those guys who never "outgrew" the
> peace and love ideals of the Sixties, and who dedicated
> his life to promoting them. Oh, the stories I could tell
> you about Lewis and the incredible support of nature
> that he had.
>
> Anyway, just as a tie-in to this tempest in a pisspot
> over you daring to say that war is stupid, in the
> same small Boston suburb where his Peace Abbey retreat
> house is located, Lewis organized and built a "Peace
> Memorial." His thinking was that there is a "War
> Memorial" in every city in the United States, glorifying
> and perpuating the "nobility" of war. Why not at least
> one memorial suggesting another Way?
>
> Well, the good people of Sherborn, Massachusetts almost
> lynched him. During the fundraising and the construction,
> there were smear articles against him in the local paper
> and in Boston papers. His children were thrown out of
> local schools for trumped-up reasons. He received death
> threats. They tried to shut down the school he ran at
> the Peace Abbey for developmentally-challenged children.
> All because he refused to buy in to the insanity of war
> and the even more insane idea that we should praise
> those who perpetuate it by offering their bodies
> as a sacrifice.
>
> So you're in good company.
>
> http://www.peaceabbey.org/memorial/memorial.htm
>
> If you're ever in the Boston area, do drop in to see
> Lewis at the Peace Abbey. It's an experience you are not
> likely to soon forget.
>
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