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midnight

(26,624 posts)
Thu Mar 15, 2012, 01:11 AM Mar 2012

Peace Is Not for Wimps

"The other day, I saw a video report from the BBC, not some left wing anti-Semitic, radical news source, that told about an Israeli soldier that lined three sisters ages four to eight up against the side of their home in Gaza and shot them - killing two and crippling the four year old. By conservative estimates, the US gives Israel ten million per day for military aid. Would I rather go to prison than fund the murder of these young girls and millions more?

That's not a hard choice for me.

In Belfast, the British troops finally left, forced out by a combination of non-violent protest and armed struggle."

Tax resistance is one of the most non-violent forms of resistance that I can think of: One that can make a profound difference.http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/266-32/10459-peace-is-not-for-wimps

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