How much of Earth's atmosphere must we contaminate? How much of our lands and waters must we pollute? How much of our resources must we plunder, deplete? How many species must we ravage, despoil, extinguish? How many people must we degrade, deprive, destroy with toxic wastes and wars, before we learn to respect one another, to live in harmony on this planet, our Home? "All living beings are brothers and sisters, nourished from the same source of life.." -- Thich Nhat Hanh
I was born in Eastern Europe during the height of the Stalinist regime's reign of terror. Thus, I know what it is like to live under a repressive, dictatorial regime. The fear and terror -- as dissident friends and family members were tortured, imprisoned and some were executed -- is indelibly etched in my memory. That is the reason I have always been an ardent advocate of freedom, social justice, civil liberties, human rights and a voice of peace. The way I see it, war is morally wrong, regardless of who wages it, for whatever reason. No piece of land or commodity is worth the sacrifice of one human life. We are all members of the same race - the "human race" - and must learn to coexist peacefully. Our planet cannot sustain us much longer if we do not stop our wars, nukes, polluting, deforestation, and the wasteful, gluttonous consumption and depletion of our natural resources.
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** Click headline above to read more. Thousands of people around the world gathered in street protests on Saturday to demand an end to
posted by Annamarie at
2:06 AM
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Glad you made it there. Please send me a link to your presentation when you have it on your site.
Thanks for being part of this anti-war demo. Violence and war does not solve the root causes of problems; they only exacerbate them and propagate more of the same.
best regards and peace,
~annamarie
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Annamarie, at
2:59 PM
P.S. You will find my email address under my picture in my profile. Be sure to put into the subject line what it's about, so that my spam filter does not delete it.
Thanks for your support, solidarity and concern! We must all do what we can to work toward peaceful resolutions to conflict.
~amd
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Annamarie, at
3:02 PM
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