Interesting point, GUEST. I don't depend primarily for my livelihood upon my contractual agreement with Champus/Tricare, however. It's only one of many contractual agreements I maintain. I hadn't thought about what impact high visibility peace activism might have on the rest of my work activities. Knowing myself, if I ever do become more visible in peace activism, I won't give a flip about how it will affect my contractual work....

BTW troll, I think sharing your vast storehouse of musical/cultural knowledge with folks on the other side of the world is very important. The more we try to understand one another's culture, the better we might be able to get along.

If you're lonely over there, find masato sakurai. He has certainly contributed to international understanding with his knowledge of american folk music and culture! Or maybe you have met one another already! peace, hg