[Peace-discuss] Re: Peace Digest, Vol 42, Issue 20

[Neil Parthun]

"Just when I think I'm out, they pull me back in!" - The Godfather III

Just as much as I failed to enjoy that movie, I am failing to enjoy  
the recent volley of snark on Peace Discuss.  Do we all really not  
have anything better to do than toss back verbal e-grenades about the  
rules of a listserv?  If you're against the current Democratic front  
group alphabet soup named organization whose name escapes me at the  
current moment, then I'd suggest that you don't join the organization  
and/or do not attend their events.  It works for me.  This whole idea  
that nobody wants to just say "Enough!" and just end it is like  
eating cereal with spoiled milk in the bowl -- after you figure out  
the milk is bad, don't keep eating.

This is getting thoroughly embarrassing that we have such behavior  
regularly occurring.  Once or twice would be okay but this now seems  
nothing short of deliberate snark for snark's sake.  I get more than  
my fill of hate spew from watching the joke of Judiciary hearings and  
watching both parties try to garner the support of the 60+% of  
Americans opposed to the war by saying that we will have a withdrawal  
-- but keep soldiers in Iraq permanently for X, Y, and Z reasons.

If we had this kind of energy in not only organizing people for the  
short term but knowing what to do with these people effectively when  
we have them, we'd have an obnoxiously strong and sustained local  
anti-war movement that would be highly popular among most of the  
community.  Just my .02 to add to the discussion.

Don't mourn. Organize,
                     x Neil x

You can't really be strong until you see a funny side to things.
[ken kesey, 1935-2001]

Keep your blood clean, your body lean and your mind sharp.
[henry rollins, 1961-]

I read somewhere that when a person takes part in community action,  
his health improves.  Something happens to him or to her  
biologically. It's like a tonic.
[studs terkel, 1912-]

Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world,  
you must make that attempt.  That's morality, that's religion.   
That's art.  That's life.
[phil ochs, 1940-1976]
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