I can’t claim authorship of the following, but I will most likely be taking part in this. I think it’s absolutely brilliant. In an e-mail from my best friend today:
To quote Jesus: “Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!” Anyone, especially Denver locals, interested in this? Why or why not?
Kill 'em with kindness? :dubious:
What kind of PollyAnna world did you wake up in this morning?
It won’t work…because these are almost certainly gov’t organized ralleys… Hate, on that scale, is a much stronger motivator than love.
Besides, it couldn’t do naything unless the people there were made widely aware of it and I (making the safe assumption their media is state controlled) do not think they would ever see it.
wow–such pure, innocent idealism!!!
I wish I was 10 years old, so it would seem like a practical idea.
now, back to reality—
let’s just suppose for a minute that your peace marches occur, on a big scale, all over America. In order for them to be broadcast on Iranian TV, you would have to have all the millions of American women dressed in black chadors covering their entire bodies. Then you would have to ensure total and complete separation of all males and females.
Now do you understand the cultural gap?
This is a clash of civilizations. It’s going to be with us for the next several generations.
If my boyfriend said that to me, I’d break up with him. I’m as much for peace and harmony as the next guy, but the way to achieve that is not to be a blatant jerk while pretending like you have nothing but good intentions