I noticed that in your " Tags " there is
none on Terrorism/ Terrorists.

Peculiar that you would not want to
comment on Islamic terrorists. They
are the ones that broke the " Peace "
by killing 3,000 plus. Peace is your
objective is it not. Why is the blame
one-sided. Political correctness is
what got us into this mess and will
kill more Americans in the near future.

Thanks Alden.

We'll say more about terror soon. You're right in this: marching for peace must mean holding everyone to that standard. That's why we want "a real plan to end the war", not this military fantasy.

But this didn't start in the horror of the 2001 attacks on New York either (and my wife was five blocks from the towers when they fell).

It goes back further and spreads wider.

We take the side of the human beings who are suffering in the clash - killed, maimed, bereaved, trapped by fear and want -

and who deserve love, joy, justice, respect, and space to live their lives.

There are no equivalences.

But that can't mean taking bin Laden's side. And it can't mean taking Bush's.

Time to march for love, joy, justice, respect, safety and space to live our lives *all round the world* -

that's peace.

An interesting article about Bush
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Amparo

http://www.faz.net/s/RubFC06D389EE76479E9E76425072B196C3/Doc~EA771873C58AE4322A00EF37678211460~ATpl~Ecommon~Sspezial.html

I am part of your virtual march. However, the body of your message needs to be more sensitive to all the Americans that live in the Americas. You use the term Americans to refer to US citizens. I must remind you that the term Americans refer to all of us that live either in North America (including and not solely the US), Central America or South America.

I have resent the message about the March to my contacts; I have a few thousand of them all over the Americas, changing "Americans" for "US citizens". Although I share your campaign, support it and spread the word, I think you should take this bit of criticism constructively and name things by their proper name. I am an American but I am not a US citizen and I fell quite annoyed when US citizens assume either consciously or unconsciously that 'America' is the US. I referred to the Monroe Doctrine by which US expansionism began by the motto "America for the Americans". We have to deconstruct this misinterpretation of history and recognize other Americans beyond your boundaries.

In solidarity, always!

Marcelo

Dear Marcelo,

Thanks for this important point, and double thanks for passing on the message.
Words are tricky, aren't they? We try to say US Citizens as much as we can, and it's good to be corrected if we step on somebody's toes. I'm actually from Mexico, and we have a couple of other Team members from other parts so South and North America that share your view. As you can see, when I write in the Spanish blog I say "estadounidense" and even in the French blog, the controversial "etats-unien" largely accepted in Quebec but shunned in France as a made up word.

Thanks again for your input. Incidentally, you should sign up to receive the emails in Spanish. And I'm personally extending you an invitation to comment on out Spanish blog (So far I'm all alone in there!!!)

Mil gracias y hasta pronto.

Galit

If you can't attend the march in Washington, DC you can also join the Netroots in Second Life for a weekend of creative activism! http://rootscamp.pbwiki.com/J27%20events%20for%20peace%20in%20Second%20Life

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