[Peace-discuss] Re: [Wefta] military recruitment on WEFT (!)

[Paul King]

how's this for a psa?...

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American soldiers have recently participated in the massacre of 6,000
soldiers from a third world country who were conscripted into service,
most against their will.  They fought for their country because they would
be shot if they refused.  Our soldiers have also valiantly killed more
than 5,000 civilians while trying to stay alive in this conflict.

We are now a country that invades and occupies others for profit. We are
in violation of the Geneva convention and Articles 51 and 39 of the United
Nations Charter. Various lawsuits have been filed against the United
States in the International Criminal Court, a tribunal that tries cases of
war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.

The next time you hear or see a recruitment advertisement for the United
States military, ask yourself this: do you want to be a criminal?
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feel free to correct statistics, add information or edit in any other
way.

i'm going to go have a beer now.

..::paul



"The tyranny of the ignoramuses is insurmountable and assured for all
time." Albert Einstein

On Thu, 21 Aug 2003, Ricky Baldwin wrote:

> I think Doug's suggestion is a good one.  If anyone
> else wants to work on it, I would try to help.
>
> I also want to point out, however, that we had a
> helluva time getting a PSA on the Palestinian Truth
> Tour through the "diversity" of our "community" at
> WEFT.  I am a big fan, and a supporter, of WEFT, but
> there are shortcomings, as with anything.
>
> I didn't hear the PSA in question, but I think it
> deserves scrutiny to see if it really holds up under
> the guidelines.
>
> Ricky
>
> --- Paul King <pmking at students.uiuc.edu> wrote:
> > On Thu, 21 Aug 2003, Randall Cotton wrote:
> >
> > > See my response below...
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <jpitzl at wildhunt.org>
> > > To: "Randall Cotton" <recotton at earthlink.net>;
> > > <wefta at lists.cu.groogroo.com>;
> > <peace-discuss at lists.cu.groogroo.com>;
> > > "Kranich, Kimberlie" <Kranich at WILL.uiuc.edu>;
> > <programming at weftfm.org>;
> > > "Sandra Ahten" <spiritofsandra at hotmail.com>
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 5:21 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Wefta] military recruitment on WEFT
> > (!)
> > >
> > > [some text deleted]
> > >
> > > > While it may upset you that a airshifter chose
> > to play a military PSA, I
> > > > wouldn't want to volunteer at a *community*
> > station that didn't make all
> > > > PSAs sent to us available to the airshifter on
> > duty.
> > >
> > > asking if others agree, and questioning whether
> > the
> > > U.S. military recruitment spot in question
> > qualifies as a PSA.
> >
> > i also find military recruitment advertisements
> > revolting, particularly
> > when they are read on WEFT and especially if they
> > are read on WEFT during
> > Democracy Now!. it is offensive and disgusting.
> >
> > however, jason's caution about allowing a diversity
> > of opinions is
> > extremely important. so my question is this: what
> > exactly is a PSA? i find
> > it impossible to believe that an "announcement"
> > (read: advertisement in
> > the most debased form of the word) of current
> > military recruitment efforts
> > is a public service.
> >
> > (oh yeah, i paid for my undergraduate degree with
> > the college fund and
> > g.i. bill after spending four years in the army. i
> > would never
> > characterize my military duties and activities, nor
> > the college money
> > bribe i received later, as a public service.)
> >
> > i think we all need to know what the definition of a
> > "psa" is exactly.
> >
> > ..::paul
> >
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