Sunday, February 22, 2009

An email I received today got me thinking again...

And this could be dangerous it has been before!

The meaning of pacifist is some one who strongly and actively opposes war or any type of violence for moral or religious beliefs.
And the meaning of an activist is a doctrine or practice that is in direct opposition to one side of a controversial issue.

Well, I guess I have done both of those in many youth filled angst years, but seriously who hasn’t? And as a nearly senior, although AARP believes I already am, yes I have expressed my feelings out loud again and again, like now.

Speaking of that email…which I surprisingly received from an elder cousin discussing all those right reasons to be involved in a war, it was one of those chains, but he did send it to me.
You all know what I am talking about…basically I stood by when they did such and such to someone or other than me or mine, on and on until then when they did finally come for me it was too little too late.
I am a firm believer in any anti-genocide behavior whatever it takes, but to start a war on misinformation or fear from an unknown individual has made me stop in my tracks these last several years and question, when do we really know that it is besides for the prevention of genocide, which is a clear-cut reasoning for me; when we should intervene?
As I have said before… what price war?
I don’t believe, but I could be wrong that any of his children or grandchildren is on that front line with their individual lives on the line, but I could be wrong and thankfully none of mine are now either.
But as a parent who cherishes life, as most everyone does, including that of others’ children I would really want to know for sure that there was an extremely, no other way out way of thinking why I should have someone’s life on the line for my freedom.
When the face is a blank in your mind that soldier be it a woman or a man they are very dear to some one some where, imagine that individual with your loved ones face and then I ask you is it so easy to say send them to war?

I honestly could and would say an absolute no, these soldiers commit to die for their country and too many already have, more than all of the people who died on 9/11.
Life is way too precious.
Too many wars have been started on one person assuming things without facts or being paranoid or differences of opinions on religious beliefs these are all verbally negotiable conflicts, murder to make them listen doesn’t seem right, you know?

That is what war is to me murder with an allowable legal reasoning, a hypocrisy.
I have never met any soldier who has been on the front lines that when they got home was not changed forever.
Even if physically unharmed, seeing all that it surely emotionally has taken its toll.
No one is unscathed by war, and we all know that many of our young people over the last several years have been committing suicide from whatever they have seen or been a part of; they can’t all be cowards as the righteous warmongers would like us to believe.
These people, young and old have consciouses and guilt of killing or seeing killing hurts them all. I am not saying that the way to handle all that is the correct way, but why won’t their military officers accept that they need the help before it gets that far?
I pray it never ever does come to that, but as we know even our military has been unable to cover up this truth of all these current suicides.

And that is why I suppose if I was younger and asked to go to save our freedom, first I would have many questions, and if they couldn’t prove to me that people were being killed because of their hair or eye color and then I would probably be considered what used to be called and I am sure still is a conscientious objector.

That’s something to think about; again.

Good night to all and to all count your blessings and I will too.

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