Guest I'm actually doing it just to show that we can have different attitudes and methods for achieving the same goals, and still choose to be respectful, openminded and keep the peace. That's the kind of world I want to live in, so I'm trying to create it in every way I can no matter how 'small' it may seem.
And I do admire your courage! Working for peace in the States right now, against the prevailing tide of public opinion and all the war momentum being built up on the media and in the streets - I only wish the best for you and may you always be kept safe and rightly guided.
I was too young to remember much about the Vietnam crisis, but I do remember the horror of Kent State. Mostly from the offerings of a fellow Canadian ...
"Tin Soldiers and Nixon comin we're finally on our own this summer I hear the drummin four dead in Ohio.
Gotta get down to it Soldiers are runnin us down Shoulda been done long ago ... What if you knew her and Found her dead on the ground? How can you run when you know ..."
Please, it cannot come to that this time, can it? Surely we've learned something since then...
So from one 'peacenik' to another -
"United we stand, divided we fall And if our backs should ever be against the wall We'll be together - together you and I."