For all those within the Toronto area, get out there!! Let's do our part.

PEACE MARCH AND RALLY - TORONTO
FEBRUARY 15th, 2003
YONGE & DUNDAS
1:00 PM.

Right on, Alec - make some noise, amigo!

Wish I could be there with ya... but will be at the Halifax event, for sure!


M

Amen, Brother. Will be there with you in spirit. Not sure what is planned for St.John's.

Yeah...get out there and make some noise! March around and shout slogans...who knows? it might have some effect, after all.

Besides, all that marching and shouting will burn off a lot of excess energy and you'll be nice and sleepy when nap time comes.

Wow... guess I'll bring the tye-dyed shirts and headbands. I'm not really into mass demonstration myself.

I'd rather sign a petition or e-mail politicians.

I'm sorry, but I am against anti war marches.
Why? Because as soon as some country drops a bomb on us for whatever reason, everybody in that march would be changing their tune very quickly.
I am not pro war by any means, and I wish we never had to resort to war as an answer, but their going to war wether your protesting or not, it's sad but true.

MacDaddy, in 1965, I marched with 12 other people against the war in Vietnam. It made the local paper, on the front page no less! In 1968, I marched with 300,000 other folks in front of the UN, also against the war in Vietnam, and it too made the front page, of the New York Times. Marching might not have put an end to the war in Vietnam, nor might it end any war, but I dread the day when we are not allowed to peacefully march and openly express our points of view. One of the most dramatic pictures I have ever seen, other than the earthrise picture from the moon, was the picture of the lone young man from China standing in front of a tank. That, in my opinion, was a "profile in courage".

I agree with you dr. g. that picture was one of the most inspiring I have seen. I unfortunately can't make it (i hace to work) but a word of advice... avoid the tear gas... it sucks... got more than my share in quebec city during the FTAA.

I agree. The photo of the lone man in front of the tank was a stirring image. And we should always be allowed to protest our government's actions. (King Cretien's use of pepper spray comes to mind here)

Saddam is a real problem, though...

.....It's better to have a quick and decisive action to remove this psychopath (I don't think it will turn out to be much of a "war" at all) than to leave him be, and hope he doesn't wreak any additional havoc. It also sends a very strong message to other potential whackjobs out there that it is not open season on the innocents.

Terrorism is unnacceptable in this modern day. Financing and helping terrorism is equally unacceptable...and will be dealt with, swiftly and decisively.

And all the "marching for peace" and shouting of slogans will not affect the perpetrators of these evils. It just slows down the removal of them and their threat to our peaceful existence.

You're just buying them time. Think about that.... while you're out marching.

Here is agreat piece on Chomsky.

It ties into macnutts comment on "Quick and decisive action"
http://www.guerrillanews.com/human_rights/doc1043.html