Re: Iraq - very short

[Joe Oliver <svc@soft-vision.com>]

As you "type" freely on your computer - recall, your freedom
to state and do as YOU will was bought at a price.  Those willing
to serve to preserve freedom, those who stil serve as PoW/MIA,
and those who still suffer with radiation/dioxing or gulf war
syndrome.  Because someone was willing to put their life on the
line ...   Make the trip to IRAQ and see what you'd be missing.
In many "other" countries, see how much value is actually placed
on life vs. immediate dismemberment or death for what you or
I might consider trivial, petty.

If you never made the trip to war/conflict - YOU OWE a lot of
folks who made the trip for you - so that you could have the
"FREEDOM of SPEECH" you just exercised.

I might add, I may not personally agree with your romantacism of
"rocks", but I'd fight for your right to state your beliefs freely.

Joe Oliver
AGENT ORANGE VICTIMS
& FAMILIES =IN=TOUCH=


John Thomas wrote:

> I am a peace activist, not an environmental activist!  I fight for the
> environment not because I like birds, bugs, and trees, but because I
> believe that in life we must respect life.
>
> The minute we choose to harm life, the minute we accept 'collateral
> damage,'
>
> be it in human life, as in Iraq,
>
> or in the fouling of streams for industrial advancement,
>
> the minute we accept these terms we have created a world which each day
> moves closer to the brink of destruction.
>
> If I love the animals, the trees, the soil I stand on, and the air I
> breath - then I must love the Iraqi people and I cannot imagine harming
> them as I would not consider harming the dirt under my feet.
>
> If we can't learn to love each other then how are we ever going to learn
> to love rocks?  If we can justify killing other people then it will be so
> much easier to justify killing the natural world.
>
> With Respect, in Gentleness and Peace.
>
> John Thomas



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