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sophiaserpentiaDilemma of the day.
As peace marches become more contentious, more and more the focus of anger and latent (or real) violence, how can one who genuinely supports peace participate in them, without feeling as though one is contributing to the fractiousness of society?
Dee and Tim went to the peace march Friday and said that hecklers have become more vocal and more virulent, one saying that all participants deserved to be shot.
I feel the need to signal my opposition to war, but I do not think it is productive to make myself a target of hate and vindictiveness in the process. In the absense of alternative options, is not participating in marches or other civil disobedience tantamount to complicity? Will have to ponder this.
As peace marches become more contentious, more and more the focus of anger and latent (or real) violence, how can one who genuinely supports peace participate in them, without feeling as though one is contributing to the fractiousness of society?
Dee and Tim went to the peace march Friday and said that hecklers have become more vocal and more virulent, one saying that all participants deserved to be shot.
I feel the need to signal my opposition to war, but I do not think it is productive to make myself a target of hate and vindictiveness in the process. In the absense of alternative options, is not participating in marches or other civil disobedience tantamount to complicity? Will have to ponder this.
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Date: 2003-03-31 09:23 am (UTC)This is a big part of the reason why I've gone to rallies as I have. Violent comments are expected and can be ignored, especially when you are with 400 or so of your closest friends.
My goal is not to make a political point at all cost, but to do that which I think is right.
It seems to me that peace radiates outward from people of compassion and cannot be forced upon people. Peace means more to me than cessation of military hostilities -- it means healing rifts that led to these in the first place.