It is hard to plan based on the unknown. That was one of the useful benifits of going to the demonstration on Sun. It served as a way to gather information. The press is so one sided. There was one point where the crowd was asked to read the pledge of resistance, it was just like being in church. It must have made alot of people uncomfortable, but most people had a chance to read it before the" group reading".
THE PLEDGE OF RESISTANCE
We believe that as people living
in the United States it is our
responsibility to resist the injustices done
by our gov., in our names
Not in our name
will you wage "endless war"
there can be no more deaths
no more transfusions of blood for oil
Not in our name
will you invade countries
bomb civilians, kill more childern
letting history take it's course
over the graves of the nameless
Not in our name
will you erode the very freedoms
you have claimed to fight for
Not by our hands
will we supply weapons for
the annihilation of families
on foreign soil
Not by our mouths
will we let fear silence us
Not by our hearts
will we allow whole peoples
or countries to be deemed evil
We pledge resistance
we pledge alliance with those who
have come under attack
for voicing opposition to the war or
for thier religion or ethnicity
We pledge to make common cause
with the people of the world to
bring about justice,
freedom and peace
Another world is possible
and we pledge to make it real.
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Seems reasonable. You have to start somewhere. A demonstration, after all, is a huge group of people, coming from many different places. How do you organize that? people are just formulating their oppinions as they go.
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THE PLEDGE OF RESISTANCE
We believe that as people living
in the United States it is our
responsibility to resist the injustices done
by our gov., in our names
Not in our name
will you wage "endless war"
there can be no more deaths
no more transfusions of blood for oil
Not in our name
will you invade countries
bomb civilians, kill more childern
letting history take it's course
over the graves of the nameless
Not in our name
will you erode the very freedoms
you have claimed to fight for
Not by our hands
will we supply weapons for
the annihilation of families
on foreign soil
Not by our mouths
will we let fear silence us
Not by our hearts
will we allow whole peoples
or countries to be deemed evil
We pledge resistance
we pledge alliance with those who
have come under attack
for voicing opposition to the war or
for thier religion or ethnicity
We pledge to make common cause
with the people of the world to
bring about justice,
freedom and peace
Another world is possible
and we pledge to make it real.
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Seems reasonable. You have to start somewhere. A demonstration, after all, is a huge group of people, coming from many different places. How do you organize that? people are just formulating their oppinions as they go.
- sarah 10-08-2002 11:03 pm