They can't hear you
rarghrargh-brownstar
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By RJ Schinner
They didn't hear you yelling at the TV when Bush talked about "staying the course" in Iraq.
They can't see the peace button on your backpack.
They can't hear your laughter at the latest satire of Bush on the Colbert Report.
They didn't hear the phone call to your parents about how utterly insane it is that government torture is becoming legal (though the NSA might have been listening in).
They didn't read the essay you wrote last semester documenting all of Bush's lies about the war on Iraq.
They weren't outside the movie theater when "An Inconvenient Truth" let out to the sound of outraged conversations.
They won't see any opposition to the war from you when you cast your ballot for Democrats arguing that they can be "tougher on terrorism".
They can't hear you counting down the minutes until Bush's term is over, and even then they won't hear your sighs of relief as a new president continues the same horrors.
They can't hear your private disgust, your whispered discontent, or your conversations filled with contempt for Bush and all he represents.
So how will they hear you?
Your sentiments do matter. But not in and of themselves. If you ACT on your sentiments, if your disgust goes from private conversations to determined protest, a whole different dynamic can begin – where people here and around the world can stop the current disastrous direction and begin to shape the future of the planet.
The sound of gunshots next door, of bombs destroying neighborhoods, and of cries at funerals is what presently fills the ears of people in Iraq. This deafening destruction is being carried out in our name by our government. We have a responsibility to make sure people in Iraq and around the world hear something different – a clear repudiation of the nightmare the Bush regime is reigning down on them and a commitment to bring it to a halt.
There is a day to get this started. October 5th: will they hear you?
By RJ Schinner
They didn't hear you yelling at the TV when Bush talked about "staying the course" in Iraq.
They can't see the peace button on your backpack.
They can't hear your laughter at the latest satire of Bush on the Colbert Report.
They didn't hear the phone call to your parents about how utterly insane it is that government torture is becoming legal (though the NSA might have been listening in).
They didn't read the essay you wrote last semester documenting all of Bush's lies about the war on Iraq.
They weren't outside the movie theater when "An Inconvenient Truth" let out to the sound of outraged conversations.
They won't see any opposition to the war from you when you cast your ballot for Democrats arguing that they can be "tougher on terrorism".
They can't hear you counting down the minutes until Bush's term is over, and even then they won't hear your sighs of relief as a new president continues the same horrors.
They can't hear your private disgust, your whispered discontent, or your conversations filled with contempt for Bush and all he represents.
So how will they hear you?
Your sentiments do matter. But not in and of themselves. If you ACT on your sentiments, if your disgust goes from private conversations to determined protest, a whole different dynamic can begin – where people here and around the world can stop the current disastrous direction and begin to shape the future of the planet.
The sound of gunshots next door, of bombs destroying neighborhoods, and of cries at funerals is what presently fills the ears of people in Iraq. This deafening destruction is being carried out in our name by our government. We have a responsibility to make sure people in Iraq and around the world hear something different – a clear repudiation of the nightmare the Bush regime is reigning down on them and a commitment to bring it to a halt.
There is a day to get this started. October 5th: will they hear you?
Rarghstarfarian.
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Michael Franti
sleepy?
yup.
it should be a GREAT world though.
hopefuly one day
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Hail, Hail!!!
hahaa that is pretty funny
when it hits you, you feel to pain.
So brutalize me with music.”
~ Bob Marley
I'd never even know this happened if it wasn't here in the MT.
I don't think these walkouts and protests etc., in this day and age, have any effect. We live in a country so split down the middle that you can protest and scream until your vocal chords are bleeding, but the opposition has heard the argument before.
What would have been more effective?
Actually going to work today and donating your wages from the day to a candidate or a cause that you found worthwhile.
Actually going to work today so you didn't make work more difficult for co-workers/clients.
Going to school, because lets face it, no one cares if you walked out of Math 352.
The list goes on... I just think this whole thing is silly... not the cause, but the methods you all are going about it in...