Being a poor 16 year old girl in an over protective household. What's the best way to protest this damned war in Iraq peacefully? Peace help me! I want to do my part to stop this, along with some of my friends who are willing to help!
Determine the exact things that piss you off about the war. Do a little research on the Senators and Representatives who are for those thing. Write them mature, respectfully worded emails explaining why they should change their mind. Get a petition together about these things, send that to them. Making your voice heard is much easier with the internet now. A quick Google got me this but I imagine there are entire forums that you can join where they will help you be heard. http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa020199.htm
The war in Iraq is just a distraction by the Bush-Cheney adminitration.While people are focused on Iraq,those 2 along with their handlers have won the real war they set out to do-THE WAR ON THE MIDDLE CLASS in the US.
if you really care about protesting, you won't let over protective parents stop you. If anything, rebelling against them and disobeying them will show your own independence and show just how much passion you have for the cause.
Rebelling against and disobeying your parents is never a good thing. talk to them, get what you can out of them in the meantime, then go nuts once you hit 18. trying to do this too soon will only fuck things up for later.
Just go out and protest!!!!! All you need is one person with one "End this Illegal War" sign on one busy corner- instant protest. Depending on where you are, people may even join you. You can also call, write, and e-mail your senators & reps. Where are you in PA? I go to West Chester U (Chester County, southeast) and I'm part of a group called the Chester County Peace Movement that has an anti-war protest every saturday morning.
No offence, and I maybe wrong. Protesting the Iraq war achieves virtually nothing. The best way to protest is to not to protest. Do some charity work instead, much more productive IMO.
Even though you have the right to protest as a American it is still in bad taste and doesn't show Patriotism to your country. If I were you I would join your local schools ROTC program and see the war from a different perspective. You might like it and it will give you sructure.
"Dissent is the highest form of Patriotism." - Thomas Jefferson Don't join any branch of anything. This is a pointless, stupid, illegal war; don't let them send you to the desert to die for nothing.
Bad taste to YOU. you do not speak for everyone. What 'perspective' do you want people to see the war in? The fake one? Or the real one? Americans were lied to. Period. End of story. Even the Senate report has confirmed this. Blindly saying Ra Ra Ra to every fake war Americans are conned into believing in is not Patriotic either. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/05/divided-senate-committee_n_105374.html
how is it in bad taste? it our DUTY! to question the government on the actions they take in our name! and if the PEPOLE of this country deem their actions inapropriat or illegal then we should say somthing enmass! your statement about seeing the war in a different perspective ? tell me how how mutilated humane beings can be seen in a different perspective? i beleive you are here to stimulate debate and dont realy belive what you are saying, so ill say to the op, when you can if you want to understand outher cultures there are penpal type sites that you can communicat with outhers, then after talking with them you can better explain to your family,freinds and neibors what outhers in the world feel and think! as far as joining the military i would suggest the peacecore instead! peace!!!
Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth. Remember That If You Find Petitions Online That Are Targeted At Your Senators And Reps, It Does SO MUCH More Good To Not Only Sign Those, But Send The Senators/Reps A Letter About The Issue By Mail As Well. It Is Said That The Impact Of A Letter Or Postcard Is FIVE Times That Of An Email Or Sig On A Petition. And Remember To Be Clear And Polite In Your Letters-Unless You Are, They Will Be Ignored. Good Luck = )
The point being, the OP, I suspect is very comfortable with their POV. They don't need people like you condescending them by asking them to think again about their POV. I'm extremely bored of your crap now, so I'll leave, and not bother responding to you anymore - hope you get out of this forum what you wish. Chow.
Before doing anything I suggest you try to look at the worl from the eyes of a Muslim. You could end up changing your mind. (Though if you go to public school I doubt it) As for the "War on Middle Class" I believe you have the wrong leaders. Our future will likely be a Liberal president who will raise out taxes to outrageous levels resulting in the elimination of the middle class, already stuggling under the tax load as it is. I won't go into this fully though.
hippie tim, I love the quote you gave, I shall treasure it along with "if you tell a lie long enough and loud enough, people will start to believe you", (the adolf) ""Dissent is the highest form of Patriotism." - Thomas Jefferson Does anybody find it weird that when people question fed gov't, they get slammed as if they are attacking America the country? Isn't America US, like you and me? Politicians are strangers, without questioning their actions, how the fuck do we know they are doing the right thing? Thats not even a cynical view btw. Here's my quote, "people are decietful, hateful, vengeful, disgusting, greedy, evil etc... but a person is beatiful compassionate, loving, helpful, etc.." These are people not a person like your mother/friend/sibling.
OK, for all it's worth I'm gonna post something I wrote during the middle of my 2nd Deployment to Iraq. I'm 24 and in the Army Infantry, currently Stop-lossed, and heading back to school. This is an essay(?) I wrote on my brief opinions and some facts about WHY we are in Iraq. I encourage you, if you want to kno what I went through, what its actually like there, and what I actually think of it in full you may write me... I'm a good guy...for all you out there who are already against any military personnel from the get go, I ask that you to take a giant step outside the chalk line drawn on the ground and see this for what it is. I am more like you than you may think... MY OIL VACATION A few uniformed soldiers glanced at me momentarily. I kept whistling as I walked briskly out of the transportation office. I had in my hand a freshly printed copy of my itinerary and in my stomach was a growing sense of excitement. The faster I walked the more I sweat. Despite it being early march, the weather here was hot and humid, something that Kuwait is familiar with I’m sure. I was heading to my tent to collect my belongings for the grueling multi-hour wait that would eventually have me catch my flight to Amsterdam, and then on to the Czech Republic. This was the start, and it was beginning to feel like my trip was really gonna happen. It feels like weeks since I left Camp Striker, Iraq...it has only been 1 day and 23 hours. The efficiency of the travel has been greatly improved since the last time I was here 2 years ago however, the overall morale of soldiers here hasn’t. In an effort to understand why we are destined to be repeat deployments to Iraq multiple times people are turning to books and away from the corporate media for their information. Soldiers are finding more and more shocking and unpalatable reasons why many are watching their children grow up via web-cams and digital photos sent by their loved ones at home. Civilians too start to grow impatient and lose their faith in this war that was once for such a "just and noble cause." So how should we view this war? A war to preserve "Freedom?" Yes, in a manner of speaking. I am not, however, referring to the civil liberties that we all cherish. I am referring to the freedom of United States children everywhere to go to school...in extravagant SUV’s of all makes and models. Personally owned transportation accounts for nearly 2/3’s of all petroleum consumed in America. This inherent fate many choose to overlook. Much like a box of your favorite cookies, there’s only crumbs at the bottom of the box, and the box certainly has an exponentially increasing number of hands reaching in to grab it’s portion. Yet, like a bottle of water with a tiny hole poked into it’s side, there is only so fast that we are able to extract this oil from the ground. And although the bottle that is now seeping water may seep for hours to come, it will only quench the thirst of so many at one time, and Americans are the thirstiest ones at the bar...for the time being. What happens when we poke more holes? Or when we are thirstier than our supply from the bottle is able to afford us? Poking extra holes is a pricy process, one that only very rich companies are able to afford. And when we start running dry, then what? It is hard to gauge the time frame, but transportation prices would rise, consumer spending would go down, factory production would slow, the world economy would crash, and the same process would spiral with increasing velocity toward a nation with little energy. Jails, police, transportation, supermarkets, communication and yes...your favorite family tattoo parlors, would all cease to operate. This is a worst case scenario, to a degree. But not one wholly out the question. And not an idea that is free from the threat of other parched countries looking for their last drop of water from the bottle. War is possible, if not likely. So next time people condemn or support the lies that politicians fabricate about the real reasons we are fighting this war, it is best to consider the entire picture. The next time an 18 year old kid gets ripped apart in a road side bomb I will gladly step aside and let the next guy explain the real chain of events that led up to his gruesome death. Is this a necessary evil? Your answer is fine, whatever it may be. And I truly hope that you are thoroughly confused as to my concrete point of view on the question of U.S. soldiers in Iraq. I’m not entirely sure I can carve in stone the "Yes" or "No" answer that we all want though, as convenient as it would make things. After all, you can’t very well rally behind a "Maybe." But if you are going to support or condemn the war in Iraq, at least know why you are really doing it to begin with. So if you see me smile, nod and bite my lip the next time that someone says we are doing a great job fighting terrorists or persecutes us for our constant and egomaniacal presence in Iraq...you may just understand a little about just how little you understand at all.
