Still one of the best (and most beautiful) political statements ever

[MiddleFingerMom]

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Always a great motivator should you happen to despair... or grow weary.
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[MiddleFingerMom]

1. kick

[HappyMe]

2. k&r

[99Forever]

3. This dismal world could use some John Lennon today.

But like almost every decent and just voice of the people, he was murdered.

I still tear up every I hear the message we have failed so miserably to adopt.

[waddirum]

5. I think of all those who were murdered

John Lennon, JFK, RFK, MLK, Ghandi, Harvey Milk, Anwar Sadat, Yitzhak Rabin....

[Spazito]

4. I agree, it is both beautiful and right on point...

Thanks for posting this, reading it is a great way to start my morning!

[zoechen]

6. Not wanting to rain on anybodies parade but....

It's not our choice.

It's like living in a rough neighborhood. There is always going to be someone that covets your stuff...or life...or whatever.

While the OP is nice to think about it is fantasy.

[MiddleFingerMom]

7. You may say I'm a fantasizer...

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But I'm not the only one.
I hope one day you'll join us
And the world will live as one.
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[zoechen]

8. As Richard Grenier referenced in 1993

As George Orwell pointed out, people sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.



Obviously there is some measure of confusion about the actual quote but the underlying truth to this statement cannot be denied.

Again, the choice does not belong to you or I, the choice belong to the one person (or the many) that would disagree.


William Ralph Inge,
It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion.

[zoechen]

9. It has this way for all time

“Si vis pacem, para bellum”
- Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

[MiddleFingerMom]

10. I hope you feel better soon.

[zoechen]

11. Thanks for the concern

It's much appreciated but I feel fine.

But I would like you to consider the question...

When it comes to peace, who makes the choice?

[Kali]

20. they are

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=263482

[MiddleFingerMom]

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Imagine there's no zoechen.
It's easy if you try.
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[Kali]

23. BWHAHAHAHA

[panader0]

12. I've had the same sig line since joining DU

wtf? where's my sig line?
How does a sig line disappear? I've had the same one since the day I joined. "You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one"
Now it is absent, and I even checked old posts. wtf?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

13. It's up to each of us to choose.

To be a part of the problem or part of the solution.

Caving in to the establishment or defying it by living a life that doesn't contribute to the madness.

[99Forever]

14. That is a truth that..

... violent people choose to ignore. The "I must be violent because 'the other' is violent"meme, is as empty as the ones that say it. It is the excuse to be inhuman.

[zoechen]

17. So, if thats the case...

Your standing at a bus stop on a lonely corner.

I walk up to you and make it understood that I intend to do things to you that you will not survive.

Is it your contention that you will just stand there and take it.

What would be the point of that...pacifism?

Being a human?

Empathy for me being a violent "inhuman"?

[99Forever]

18. I am ...

.. NOT "standing at a bus stop on a lonely corner."

Nor will you "walk up to me and make it understood that you intend to do things to me that I will not survive."

The simple fact that you are psycho enough to say such a thing to me, tells me all I need to know. You are dismissed.

[zoechen]

19. It's just a simple question

That you can't or refuse to answer tells me...what?

[BOG PERSON]

15. BOOOOOOOOOOOOO

(n/t)

[hay rick]

22. That's OOOOOOOOOOOOOB spelled backwards. nt

[libodem]

16. Ah,

So touching. So beautiful.