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Thread #57723   Message #909192
Posted By: InOBU
13-Mar-03 - 01:04 PM
Thread Name: White Scarfs for Peace
Subject: White Scarfs for Peace
Look guys, we need a new prefix here, asking a Quaker to call peace concerns BS is well, just too much, Max I love ya, but come up with a second prefix as an alternative to BS please!!!!

This was sent to me and I am passing it on to you...

Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 12:26:37 -0500
White Scarf For Peace

A spontaneous war protest has started in
Montreal after a popular radio host here announced that Mrs.
George W. Bush had cancelled a meeting with a group of
women at the White House because several of them planned
to attend the meeting with a white scarf round
their necks as a silent symbol of their desire for peace.

This symbol had power as it disturbed Mrs. Bush. This
story has triggered a grassroots email campaign
asking those committed to peace in the world to wear a white
scarf. If everyone who disagreed with the war were to
wear a white scarf around their neck, tie a white
handkerchief to their back-packs, their attaché case, their
school bags, white pennants from car antennas, white
flags on balconies and hanging in front of houses the world
over, would this not be a powerful message to send to
our leaders? Sometimes images and symbols are
more powerful than words. If you feel that this idea
has any validity, please join the email campaign
and pass this on to your network.