"It is time for all people of conscience to call upon
America to return to her true home of brotherhood and
peaceful pursuits. We cannot remain silent as our nation
engages in one of history's most cruel and senseless wars.
During these days of human travail we must encourage
creative dissenters. We need them because the thunder of
their fearless voices will be the only sound stronger than
the blasts of bombs and the clamor of their war hysteria.

        "Those of us who love peace must organize as effec-
tively as the war hawks. As they spread the propaganda of
war, we must spread the propaganda of peace. We must
combine the fervor of the civil rights movement with the
peace movement. We must demonstrate, teach, and preach,
until the very foundations of our nation are shaken. We
must work unceasingly to lift this nation that we love to a
higher destiny, to a new plateau of compassion, to a more
noble expression of humaneness.

        "I have tried to be honest. To be honest is to confront
the truth. However unpleasant and inconvenient the truth
may be, I believe we must expose and face it if we are to
achieve a better quality of American life."


                  Martin Luther King, Jr.










>>> "Rasmussen, Laurie DPI" <[log in to unmask]> 04/02/03 02:22PM >>>
What is happening with this war, is the equivalent of capitol punishment -
government thinking they somehow have the right to "solve the problem" by
doing exactly the same thing the criminal is being punished for.  Fighting
evil with evil -  there's got to be a better solution - tone  down the
testosterone and get real.

-----Original Message-----
From: Per Fredrik Svensson
To: [log in to unmask] 
Sent: 4/2/2003 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: God Bless America!

yeah, the arrogance!  prax makes a good and clear point at the
very issue at stake - why americans are looked down upon in the
rest of the civil world.  the arrogance!

and to think that "God" is going to come save America!  There is
no god in heaven so get up of your knees folks - get to the
voting booth, get into the street, write your congressman, get
involved, quit waiting for the blessing, it is not coming.

the earth is the mother of all!  the heavens may be our safety
blanket and our hope but god is a human creation, a figment of
the imagination.  it is sad that the man running this country is
relying on god's blessing and on american prayer!  there is no
such thing! you cannot petition the lord with prayer to get
another country's now bloody oil!  how pathetic!

Peace to us mortals!  Peace to Iraq.  Peace to the world.  Peace
to peoples of all religions!

--- praxedis sanchez <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> When Americans are going to learn, grow and mature once and
> for all
> that we should say God Bless the World and not only America.
> God is the father of all.
>
> Prax
>
> =====
> Praxedis Sanchez
> 19 Hempstead Dr.
> Newark, DE. 19702
> [log in to unmask]

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