[Peace] Political views

[Bob Illyes]

Like Stuart, I was surprised to read "AWARE representatives must be careful 
NOT to  express or impose personal political views." We should not have 
campaign literature and campaign signs on the table, of course, but this 
more general restriction has a couple of problems:

1) It is not possible to talk cogently about current US foreign policy 
without discussing the actions and possible motivations of the neocons, or 
the spinelessness and complicity of the DNC. This is definitely personal 
political speech and opinion. Are we to be silent?

2) There is an "official" AWARE position on very little save the 
undesirability of war, nor can there be, since consensus is required (there 
is certainly a much broader majority agreement). Once again, are we to be 
silent?

Am I missing something here? I wasn't at the Sunday meeting. Has the table 
been taken over by pseudo-Marxists, bent on violence aka "the Revolution", 
or Libertarians or other anarchists, or the (anti-)Christian right, or some 
such thing? A little explanation would be helpful regarding this Draconian 
restriction on speech.

Bob