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mirrorshard) wrote2009-11-07 01:22 pm
mirrorshard) wrote2009-11-07 01:22 pm
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White Poppies - Lest We Forget
Again this year, I'm wearing a white poppy rather than a red one.
The white stands for pacifism and peace activism: the idea that, because a great many people die or are injured in wars, or have their livelihoods and families destroyed, we should therefore not have any wars.
This concept, as Chesterton said, has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried.
In the meantime, peace activists around the world will continue to do the things they've always done: drive ambulances, defuse bombs, roll bandages, fly SAR helicopters, drag illegal arms deals into the public eye, expose defence boondoggles, challenge war crimes, work with wounded soldiers, teach communities about each others' lives, and speak truth to power.
The white stands for pacifism and peace activism: the idea that, because a great many people die or are injured in wars, or have their livelihoods and families destroyed, we should therefore not have any wars.
This concept, as Chesterton said, has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried.
In the meantime, peace activists around the world will continue to do the things they've always done: drive ambulances, defuse bombs, roll bandages, fly SAR helicopters, drag illegal arms deals into the public eye, expose defence boondoggles, challenge war crimes, work with wounded soldiers, teach communities about each others' lives, and speak truth to power.