Call for Peace
Joy...five years of war and all that's come out of it is blood and a declining economy. But the military industrial complex is certainly doing quite well. I'm not against the U.S. troops...they are supposed to defend America, a noble task that I myself am not willing to undertake. Therefore, I look up to them...even more so, as my cousin is one of those brave human beings. The problem is...they can't defend America when they're half a world away, fighting in a war that has become this decade's Vietnam.
As human beings, we have the ability to reason, to control our anger, to speak and understand each other and get to know each other. We can repair broken hearts, pick up the pieces of our lives and move on. So why can't we learn to apply the same concepts to foreign relations? "We're tough, so we go to war." What message is that telling about the human race as a whole? That we have to resort to barbarian archaic savagery to solve our problems?
This is a call for all nations, all faiths, all races and all sexual orientations to set aside their differences, and try to act as -higher- beings, not -human- beings. Because the human race, it seems...isn't very human at all right now.
EDIT: Another issue.
LJ has been cutting into First Amendment rights yet again. As such, the users of LJ are encouraged not to post all day on Friday, March 21st. In my opinion, it should be extended to all of Easter weekend. Spread the word!
For background on this strike and why it is being held, please read the following posts:
http://beckyzoole.livejournal.com/394838.html
http://beckyzoole.livejournal.com/395310.html
To find out exactly when the strike begins and ends, depending on where you are located, please see this:
http://beckyzoole.livejournal.com/395125.html
What's this about?
* It's about free and ad-free LiveJournal accounts being abolished for new members, ignoring the advice from the newly-formed Advisory Board.
* It's about LJ staff trying to sneak this decision in under the radar, and when people found out, telling the users it was done 'to make the signup process less confusing'.
* It's about LJ staff failing to apologize for trying to hide the facts from view and for lying about the actual reasons for their actions.
* And finally, it's about the latest decision to hide certain user interests from the list of Most Popular Interests, some of them being fanfiction, bisexuality, sex and depression. This decision was not announced or explained in any way. Users found out for themselves.
As human beings, we have the ability to reason, to control our anger, to speak and understand each other and get to know each other. We can repair broken hearts, pick up the pieces of our lives and move on. So why can't we learn to apply the same concepts to foreign relations? "We're tough, so we go to war." What message is that telling about the human race as a whole? That we have to resort to barbarian archaic savagery to solve our problems?
This is a call for all nations, all faiths, all races and all sexual orientations to set aside their differences, and try to act as -higher- beings, not -human- beings. Because the human race, it seems...isn't very human at all right now.
EDIT: Another issue.
LJ has been cutting into First Amendment rights yet again. As such, the users of LJ are encouraged not to post all day on Friday, March 21st. In my opinion, it should be extended to all of Easter weekend. Spread the word!
For background on this strike and why it is being held, please read the following posts:
http://beckyzoole.livejournal.com/394838.html
http://beckyzoole.livejournal.com/395310.html
To find out exactly when the strike begins and ends, depending on where you are located, please see this:
http://beckyzoole.livejournal.com/395125.html
What's this about?
* It's about free and ad-free LiveJournal accounts being abolished for new members, ignoring the advice from the newly-formed Advisory Board.
* It's about LJ staff trying to sneak this decision in under the radar, and when people found out, telling the users it was done 'to make the signup process less confusing'.
* It's about LJ staff failing to apologize for trying to hide the facts from view and for lying about the actual reasons for their actions.
* And finally, it's about the latest decision to hide certain user interests from the list of Most Popular Interests, some of them being fanfiction, bisexuality, sex and depression. This decision was not announced or explained in any way. Users found out for themselves.