Eric, I'm afraid I don't have time to respond to everything. I'll try to be brief. 1)I don't know how to stop the war and I don't think anyone else knows ...
ann, i watched star trek only a couple of times and found spock an impossible-to-like character because of his being devoid of emotion, thus non-human,...
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Ann, the character "Data" in "The Next Generation" was very similar. Jack, I think you are overlooking an important aspect of both Spock and Data, which was...
I don't know how to answer your question about hope Eric, sorry. I do have a great deal of compassion for Ann and Balu. Anger and tiredness are forms of...
Request for support for political prisoner Seth Hayes The following message is from Susan Tipograph. Please circulate the message to all appropriate lists (and...
Everyone Deserves the Right to Vote The right to vote is a fundamental right which belongs to all Americans. Unfortunately the justice system has made it very...
the heading on the peace march link is such an oxymoron..... ...Remembering the Falling, The Fallen and the Forgotten… WHY do peace proponents against the...
We must embrace and show compassion towards every living thing. That was the message of Ghandi and ahimsa (non-violence). Not that we support the mission. We...
I can feel compassion without all the "support the troops" hype. I feel sorry for the soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan (except the ones who enjoy it), but what...
I agree with both of you, but let's look at this in context: In order to communicate, we must speak in terms that will be understood by the people to whom we...
What do you propose that we do wiht the troops? Snap our fingers and make them disappear? JK -- In peace-coalition@yahoogroups.com, "jack tobin" ... I feel ......
educate and appeal to their conscience to lay down their arms. Freedom include choices on everything including to not obey military orders, but rather higher...
Remember Kipling ? " If anyone asks why they died Tell them because their fathers lied" ... ( or something like that ... sometimes, my memory faileth me ) ...
old dogs can be taught new tricks, yes many will hold on to old crutches and pacifiers long beyond their time of need, and some just get them knocked out from...
Those yeller magnets is killing dem dar troops ... people in the us are conditioned to believe that the troops should be worshipped for bringing "freedom" and...
It certainly was a very long time before enough woke up in the Nam days, but finally so many deserted it made the difference in finally ending it. K...
Thank you for this excellent answer. I'd think that Gandhi or Joey himself might have made this very answer. Or maybe could embroider....
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The Chattanooga march and rally theme "Honor the Fallen, the Falling, the Forgotten" doesn't only apply to the military -- it also applies to all those who...
Amen!!! Thank you so much! The theme framed by you places it in context so well and so properly defines it. My hope is your eloquency is not wasted on us...
The following questions are theoretical, abstract, hypothetical. I don't have answers to these questions, and I don't know if anyone else does either. But I...
I've said in previous posts that I support the right of troops not to be soldiers. That clearly includes education, legal support for those wishing to resist,...
well said, ann. i generally refer to myself and my fellow veterans as "suckers," who were duped into fighting in one or more of this country's interminable...
Logically, you're both correct. But logic isn't what changes people. Lakoff has a lot to say about that. I've spoken with a few people from "the other side"...
Families Deserve a Choice in Home Health Care Options Americans want to be in the company of their loved ones in their final years. When a loved one is sick...
Might have sent this out before ... it's worth keeping up with --- http://www.tomjoad.org/WarHeroes.htm They have my full support ... as do the refuseniks. ...