[Peace-discuss] Fwd: War is illegal - International Declaration

[John W.]

At 10:50 AM 4/28/2008, Randall Cotton wrote:

>: I tend to agree.  But does it really matter either way, in the grand scheme
>: of things, whether AWARE's name is buried among thousands of other
>: signatures on this petition?  It's not like AWARE's signing, or not
>: signing, is going to alter the tide of world history.
>
>
>Well now *that's* a good philosophy: the bigger the movement, the less we
>should care. What better way to prevent large scale action than to
>advocate for apathy in proportion to the magnitude of participation?
>
>Sorry, but that kinda irks me.
>
>R


Sorry, but you're easily irked, and frequently at trivial things.  Why 
didn't you quote the REST of my statement?



>: ----- Original Message -----
>: From: "John W." <jbw292002 at gmail.com>
>: To: "Brussel Morton K." <mkbrussel at comcast.net>; "Randall Cotton"
>: <recotton at earthlink.net>; "Peace-discuss" <peace-discuss at anti-war.net>
>: Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 5:02 AM
>: Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Fwd: War is illegal - International
>: Declaration
>:
>:
>: At 12:26 PM 4/27/2008, Brussel Morton K. wrote:
>:
>: >I advise people to read the statement, which I repeat below (with a few of
>: >the signees), and then decide whether you'd be willing sign on to it, or
>: >whether AWARE should sign on. IMHO, it's excellent.  I think some are so
>: >caught up in Manichean dichotomies of purity in good and evil that they
>: >would hardly sign on to anything.  --mkb
>:
>: I tend to agree.  But does it really matter either way, in the grand scheme
>: of things, whether AWARE's name is buried among thousands of other
>: signatures on this petition?  It's not like AWARE's signing, or not
>: signing, is going to alter the tide of world history.
>:
>: Meanwhile each individual reader of the Peace-discuss list is free to sign,
>: or not sign, as his/her delicate truthtelling conscience dictates.
>:
>: John Wason