Oh, I didn't mean they shouldn't protest, I just wish someone would come up with a coherent alternative. It seems that way too many people are using the protests as a platform for their own agendas. It's easy to scream don't go to war, but what else should we do? The major theme seemed to be, do nothing and that it was all about oil. I was kind of shocked by that. Korea is starving its people to death and Saddam is lining up people in the streets and murdering them. These people are in military regimes and can't help themselves. If someone could propose a peaceful solution to save them from their situations, I think everyone would be willing to hear it and respond. We've talked and we've sanctioned and we've condemned for over ten years and none of it has worked. If someone has an idea as to what to do, they should use this time, when so many people are gathered together against war, to propose it and solidify everyone for it. Instead, this chance, it seems to me, is being squadered by people who only want to rant and push their own agendas; agendas that have nothing to do with the situation they are supposedly marching against.
Sorry, I didn't mean to get political on you, but I really think there is power in organization and a coherent solution to what is being protested against. You can say, war is wrong and we shouldn't do it, and everyone will say, "No, duh!" yet continue on their course because they don't see an alternative.
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Date: 2003-01-21 12:51 am (UTC)Sorry, I didn't mean to get political on you, but I really think there is power in organization and a coherent solution to what is being protested against. You can say, war is wrong and we shouldn't do it, and everyone will say, "No, duh!" yet continue on their course because they don't see an alternative.