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I just returned from attending a seminar in Philadelphia
and took some time to go to the visitors center and see the Liberty Bell.
I could not believe how moved I was. And it seemed all that much
more important given the times we are living in. If we go to war with Iraq
it will affect our city. Listening to the words of our founding fathers
[and of course, missing the founding mothers and people of color who were
undoubtedly involved...] I could only think about how Democracy is a
living thing and it can only work when everyone is concerned with everything
that affects them and their families and communities. If we go to war it
will not only end the lives of many many Iraqi people, but it will
wreck the lives of so many young American people and their families, the
way Vietnam wrecked the lives of many people in my generation. It
will affect the money that is available in our fair city to deal with our many
problems. Let us not be so shortsighted as to not see the impact of this
upcoming war and not be afraid to debate and educate ourselves and others about
the reasons for and consequences of such an action -- and let us not allow
such a war to happen without a full discussion of the goals and tactics
that would be used. Even here in the comparitively blissful backwater of
Minnehappiness -- we SHOULD join the debate, I believe we have a moral and
political responsibility to join the debate.
Diane Wiley, sick at heart here in
Powderhorn
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