Absolutely Mr. Stone, how better to support our troops than to bring them home safe and sound!!!
I don't think that opposing the rush to war is at all inconsistent with supporting the troops. The issues are in fact distinctly seperate one's. The troops aren't the one's making the decision to go to war, they are following orders even if they themselves disagree witht this particular war. It is our responsibility as members of a democracy where the leadership of our country presumably is granted the right to lead by our collective consent to make sure that the leadership of our country is not sending the troops off on an unnecessary mission. Personally, as a glbt community activist, I have met discreetly with same sex partners of troops sent over as part of this operation and offerred my support to them as family members who have few other places to turn for support due to the military's official discriminatory policies. There also are single military people who are glbt who have sought support from the glbt community and glbt groups to help hold their households together while they are away. I understand the need for us to support ALL our troops who have volunteered to defend us. This includes making sure the troops are not put in harms way needlessly when other avenues to resolve the conflict have yet to be explored. The arguments against the war at this time with this country for the reasons stated by our nation's leadership are quite persuasive in my opinion(though not germane to the purpose of this listserve-you can contact me offline for more discussion of this). David Strand Loring Park p.s. I was fired from a union retail job in MI during the last gulf war because I refused to wear a yellow ribbon on my uniform at work because I felt it implied that I personally supported the war as well as the troops. I strongly support people's right to express their opinion in the way they see fit and offer this information for the many locally who oppose the war(whether they support the troops or not) as opportunities to express themselves. --- Jason C Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > David, > But can I attend the candlelight vigil for peace AND > Support Our Troops? From what I've been reading > around town, if you are pro-peace you are > anti-troops. > Regards, > Jason Stone / Nokomis > > David Strand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Many Peace > Candle Light Vigils in different corners of > Minneapolis Sunday evening including Near North, > Nokomis, Uptown, Lake Harriet, Franklin Ave. Bridge, > Nicollet and Franklin, and others. > > Take a look! > > David Strand > Loring Park > Please click onto this website for peace vigils on > Sunday. > HREF="http://www.moveon.org/vigil/selectmtg.html?event_group_id=5&country=&zip=55364&id=&distance=25&sort_type=size";>MoveOn.org: > > Democracy in Action > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online > http://webhosting.yahoo.com > > TEMPORARY REMINDER: > 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. > 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as > possible. > > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic > Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: > http://e-democracy.org/mpls > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
