Pre-emptive peace march
2003-01-18 03:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mdlbearWell, it was the peace movement who launched a pre-emptive march today. Good for us: the best time to stop a war is before it starts. Not that it's likely to work this time.
There were a thousand or so people in San Jose today; far more than that ("tens of thousands" was all the BBC would say) in San Francisco and DC. Not to mention Japan, Russia, and various places in Europe. And dozens of little gatherings in towns and cities across the US, most of which won't make the news outside their own area -- San Jose was of course one of these. I think everyone I know went to San Francisco.
Most of the speakers referred to Martin Luther King, whose birthday is being celebrated this weekend; seems appropriate. Somebody pointed out (I'm paraphrasing here) that, in a world where any terrorist splinter group can build weapons of mass destruction in a backyard shed, the only way to defend ourselves is to make sure that as few people as possible have reason to hate us.
Who was it who said "whoever wants peace must work for justice"?
There were a thousand or so people in San Jose today; far more than that ("tens of thousands" was all the BBC would say) in San Francisco and DC. Not to mention Japan, Russia, and various places in Europe. And dozens of little gatherings in towns and cities across the US, most of which won't make the news outside their own area -- San Jose was of course one of these. I think everyone I know went to San Francisco.
Most of the speakers referred to Martin Luther King, whose birthday is being celebrated this weekend; seems appropriate. Somebody pointed out (I'm paraphrasing here) that, in a world where any terrorist splinter group can build weapons of mass destruction in a backyard shed, the only way to defend ourselves is to make sure that as few people as possible have reason to hate us.
Who was it who said "whoever wants peace must work for justice"?
