To Paul Kuettel re Mpls school children being manipulated to protest: A city issue: Are the citizens of Minneapolis safer or are we more at risk of terrorism than we were yesterday at this time? Does that make anyone else besides me angry?
In spite of how rebellious I have always felt about wrong decisions by our leaders at whatever level--school administration, local, county, state or federal government, at different times and places, I rarely was forced by my parents' opinions. Do you honestly believe, Paul, that any kid would protest because of what their parents feel? Not even a chance. However, my thinking is that any good parent will try to keep their children informed in a true and accurate way of the current events of our times, and if the result is for one's child to protest an unjust war, or on the other hand to protest for a just war, then that's what's right and proper. For you to intimate that those protesting against a just war is propoganda or manipulation offends me very much. There are obviously two sides to this argument. Half of us are with me (those who are right) and the other half are with you, apparently. Step up to the bat, take courage, act on your well-thought-out and well-researched convictions. George Bush has done so. And I will do so. And I encourage everyone else to, whether they're 60, 30, or 15 or 12. We're talking life and death here--and it's worth the courage of one's convictions. I deny that naysayers are being manipulated. Rather, I would say the yes-men/women are the ones who think it's too hard to actually research the facts, but rather to trust that those who are elected or appointed know best......... 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
