Klarinet Archive - Posting 000277.txt from 2006/03

From: William Kelly <kell0786@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Remarks on Tom Fox......
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 19:21:22 -0500

That's great. "Swift boating." A new verb. I thought, though, that to swift
boat was to expose some despicable actions of someone who was seeking to
capitalize on military service. For instance, when they attempt to
undermime a war effort, or perhaps, when minor wounds were submitted for
the recorgnition of The Purple Heart.
Is the way to peace, peace, as it has simplistically stated? Or violence?
Hmm. That's like asking if you're in favor of apple pie and motherhood.
Well, the position of "peace" apparantly is "immediate withdrawal of all
coalition troops from Iraq so the people of Iraq can rebuild their lives
and their country. So the killing of innocents and our American troops can
stop."
Now that's rich! You think immediate withdrawal would lead to peace? So
that the Iraqis could rebuild their country? Frankly, anyone who has any
slight knowledge of what's going on in Iraq can see through this nonsense,
and hopefully have a good laugh too. Yes, Dan offered a different, and
reasonable perspective (again, not his), one I find very compelling. I
won't write anymore on that subject, because I don't want to offend
Walter's sensibilities; the harm of speaking out must be weighed against
the harm of not speaking out.
In any case: to post something from Cindy Sheehan... okay folks, this is
getting dumb. Do we need to argue, or post political statements, on the
clarinet email discussion? America operates on a paradigm of violence, huh?
Do I need to write a short comparative history? I'd rather not. Can't we
accept the gracious statements by Rommel and Bill and let it stand at that?

Hey Cindy.. who says you're brave, anyway?

On 14 Mar 2006, Laurence Beckhardt wrote:
> The balance and "perspective" that Dan L. claimed to
> be offering (not HIS opinion, of course) is known
> today as "Swift Boating."
>
> I've seen it done to decorated war veterans, even ones
> that were double amputees. I hadn't yet seen it done
> to a tortured and dead person.
>
> Thank you for your post, Walter.
>
> --- GrabnerWG@-----.com wrote:
>
> > Published on Sunday, March 12, 2006 by
> > CommonDreams.org
> > To the Family of Tom Fox and to the Christian
> > Peacemaker Teams
> > by Cindy Sheehan
> >
> > To the family of Tom Fox and to the Christian
> > Peacemaker Teams:
> > My heart is breaking for Mr. Fox's family and for
> > the world. This is a dark
> > day for peace and justice. The loss of a man of the
> > stature of Tom Fox and
> > the loss of his voice for peace and reconciliation
> > is a tragedy for our country
> > which operates so often from a paradigm of violence.
> > Every voice for peace
> > is imperative and needed.
> >
> > I am always told that I am brave, but what I do
> > pales weakly in comparison
> > with the actions of Tom Fox and the Christian
> > Peacemakers who put their actual
> > lives on the line everyday to make the world a
> > better place and to save
> > lives of our brothers and sisters who are in danger.
> >
> > Jesus said: "To give up one's life for a friend,
> > there is no greater love
> > than this," (John 15:13). This is the same Gospel
> > passage that was read at my
> > son, Casey's, funeral. Jesus went on to say that it
> > is even more sacred to
> > give up your life for people you don't even know.
> > Tom lived his life out of his moral center and gave
> > freely of his life to
> > save lives of people he would probably never meet.
> >
> > Now, the world is begging for the safe release of
> > the other three Christian
> > Peacemakers who are still held hostage. The way to
> > peace is not violence. The
> > way to peace is only through peace and a respect for
> > all life. The killing
> > of Tom Fox does nothing to foster peace in the
> > Middle East but can be used for
> > a renewed call for the immediate withdrawal of all
> > coalition troops from
> > Iraq so the people of Iraq can rebuild their lives
> > and their country. So the
> > killing of innocents and our American troops can
> > stop.
> >
> > I did not want my son's death to be exploited to
> > justify more deaths in Iraq
> > and I am sure Tom and his family would agree. It is
> > past time for the cycle
> > of violence and killing to stop.
> > It is time for we peacemakers and peace activists
> > from around the world to
> > join our hands and our voices together to demand an
> > end to the violence and
> > killing.
> >
> > Tom Fox and his selfless sacrifice for humanity make
> > me proud to be a human
> > being. I just wish such a holy act of sacrifice was
> > not necessary or required
> > of Tom.
> > Tom is at peace now, I pray for this peace for Tom's
> > family and for our
> > world.
> >
> > In Peace and Solidarity,
> >
> > Cindy Sheehan and Gold Star Families for Peace.
> >
> >
> >
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