[Peace-discuss] Congrats to PRC

[Ken Urban]

I agree with Doug.  I think it will hurt the P4P Protests and AWARE if
people start marching into Prospect.  I think the Champaign Police were
exceptionally well-behaved in stopping traffic and protecting the
marchers.  I show up with my children to PRC events and AWARE events
because I know that they are going to be safe. I left when people
started marching in the streets.

I have no problem with SPA engaging in civil disobedience. But I think
they should be distinctly separate events or AWARE will have trouble
dealing with the police and attracting 'less active' activists.

Ken

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>>> Brian Hagy <bhagy at urbana.indymedia.org> 03/21/03 19:11 PM >>>



On Fri, 21 Mar 2003 Dlind49 at aol.com wrote:

> I fully support protest actions but I want to emphasize, recommend,
and
> request that at no time: (1) should traffic be disrupted, (2) should
classes
> be disrupted, (3) should businesses be disrupted, (4) should
administration
> disrupted, or (5) any aspect of anyone's life be disrupted. Please
keep all
> protest actions safe and professional.
>
> dr. doug rokke
> combat veteran
>

no disruptions?  why?  because lives are already disrupted enough in
iraq?
why bother disrupting any more lives, especially those whose lives are
comfortable enough to be able to ignore what we're doing to everyone
else
in the world.  perhaps that's why people think protests are sideline
activities, whereas wars are things to get behind (more action, less
standing around).

I think disruption is necessary, especially for change.  a system
changes
when it can't accept a disruption into it's normal workings.  not
that the disruption needs to be violent in terms of bloody or physically
damaging (as bush is trying to do in iraq).  of course, the disruption
needs to be well thought out, and planned ahead.  civil disobedience and
forethought are powerful allies.

just another view, not a proposal.

brian


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