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Protest
by Jill Bluhm Sunday, Mar. 23, 2003 at 5:54 PM
jfirestar17@mailstation.com (email address validated) 412-687-5043 306 craft ave. no.13

This is why we should protest, this is why we do.

Why are we protesting? Because we know that we can't live with ourselves if we sit back and casually watch as our nation falls as Rome did. We fight with words, tears, shouts and intelligence against a war that is injust and unfounded. I ask myself and those I talk with, what happens if the U.S. can't find any WMD IF Iraq is defeated? Are 'we' going to plant them, or grovel for forgiveness or is the administration just going to move right on ahead to the next target of this filthy, fund-raising-for-the-rich war?


I come out to the streets to hear others, to understand and to be that one extra person that can make the difference. Two years ago I didn't know jack about politics and now that I do, I know the true meaning of "ignorance is bliss"...all I see are greedy, lustfull, self-centered individuals. We are the majority now, those of us getting off of our asses and screaming at the top of our lungs to stop this war, we're the ones taking over. Stronger than ever, the peace-movement today is world-wide. We're ready to block traffic, and try our hardest to get everyone to understand what peace is all about.


Is it about force? No. Is it about miscommunication? No. Is it about power mongers? No. What then? What IS peace all about? It's about mutual concord between governments, it's an agreement between governments, countries and all peoples to end hostilities. Peace is a state of tranquility and calm or quiet. Sorry Bush, but I don't think that peace can be defined as attacking a country that can only make you and your buddies richer, I don't think that the means of achieving peace are to go head on into a war with the consent of only a few other countries.


If there is to be a war, it's one we will wage against our administration and government that calls itself a democracy for the people, which couldn't be further from the truth, I never once was asked how I felt about this war. Were you? Once, along time ago, I felt guilty for being German, for what the Nazi's did to the Jews, now I feel sick to be American because of what we're doing to ourselves and billions of others with our eyes closed. See the correlation?


I say we take to the streets, we move ahead unrelenting and speak louder than any other force has. I say we march for days if need be, we take to Washington and force them to understand that it's not just a few people that want this to end, it's everybody and every day we grow larger and larger. The bigger and louder we become as a world wide movement, the harder it will be for them to ignore us and say that we're just a bunch of "idealistic nobody's". We must let them know that the bombing is wrong, they must hear us saying that peace is not acquired by force. I'll see you on the street. ~Jill Bluhm Pgh, Pa.

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