"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] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, visit: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/aam.html AAM Website: http://www.danenet.wicip.org/aam ----------------------------------------------------------------------------