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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posted by Annamarie at
1:19 AM
3 comment(s):
geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze!!!!!!! and to think a certain someone had the gaul to question your suspicions over terrorist activitiies!!!! :)
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scout, at
2:50 AM
"There will be peace with the Arabs when they will love their children more than they hate us."
-- Golda Meir - Israel PM (1972)"
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Anonymous, at
12:03 PM
Right you are, Scout, right you are. :) And you'll see in the email I just forwarded you that CBS has confirmend my suspicions about the 'alleged British terror plot' and its W.H. political timing. I also forwarded that email to you-know-who with a cc to you. :)
Anon, the same goes for all intolerant fundamentalists everywhere: Israelis/Jews, Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists and all other groups/sects who think they have exclusive rights to inhabit this planet and consider all others as 'less than'... Goes back to my post a few days ago, about "Love the Other" (something like that).
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Annamarie, at
5:13 PM
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