On Wednesday 19 February 2003 09:53 pm, Net Llama! wrote: > --- Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wednesday 19 February 2003 07:39 pm, Net Llama! wrote: > > > --- Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >
> > Some of the demonstrators, but not all, genuinely believe in peace; > > others are hard core pacifists who, for example, would have left > > Great Britain to rot rather than coming to their aid in WWII (an > > example, the poet organizer of the anti-war poetry that is currently being collected.) > > references please. > The gentleman in question is Sam Hammil, a well known poet. See the reference to POETS AGAINST THE WAR in the following article: http://www.oxfam.org.hk/english/news/focus/iraq/poem.shtml Mr. Hammil was recently interviewed at length on one of the radio talk programs (I can't remember which, because I listen to several each day on my long commute to and from work) about his views. He stated among other things that he is a devout Zen Bhuddist (nothing wrong with that), totally opposed to any war (nothing wrong with that either, although I disagree), and that he would have strongly opposed America entering WWII (nothing wrong with that, if you like the idea of standing idly by while Hitler takes over the world). Of the samples of anti-war poetry read on the air Mr. Hammil's seemed to be somewhat less poetic and more bitter than the others, from my standpoint. > > No, i accept that others are allowed to have opinions that differ from > my own, assuming that their opinons have a basis in fact. I find that slogans in any demonstration frequently have little basis in fact but every basis in emotion. Yes, I'm in the minority who believes that capitalism is a positive word, and socialism is a negative word. I don't belittle countries like Sweden that have chosen socialism, but I personally don't want to see any more socialism in American government than we already have. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area Athlon-XP gentoo 1.4_rc2 kde 3.1 _______________________________________________ General mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/general
