[amc] Peace-Rally Signs
- From: "Ray Gingerich" <RGingerich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Nancy Bartlett" <nbartlett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 15:24:10 -0600
Nancy,
Since you sent me a list, I thank you by sending back some slogans.
The following list is one that I received by e-mail:
Here is a list of the most creative and humorous slogans I saw on the street at
yesterday's (Feb 15) peace rally:
Cheney, Bush, Rumsfeld: Axis Of Diesel
Draft The Bush Twins
George Dubya: Weapon Of Mass Distraction
Go Solar, Not Ballistic
God Does Not Bless Only America
Has Anyone Seen Our Constitution Lately?
How Many Lives Per Gallon?
If War Is The Answer We're Asking The Wrong Question
Killing Innocent People Is The Problem, Not The Solution
Let's Try Preemptive Peace
Most of Humanity Is Downwind
Our Grief Is Not A Cry For War
Peaceful Solution Not Daddy's Retribution
Rich Man's War Poor Man's Blood
Smart Bombs Don't Justify Dumb Leaders
Somewhere In Texas a Village Has Lost Its Idiot
Stop Mad Cowboy Disease
War Is SO 20th century
What If God Blesses Iraq?
Who Would Jesus Bomb?
-- Karl Shelly
I used a couple of slogans from your list (the first two) to make signs for the
Austin Center for Peace and Justice (ACPJ) and for the Austin Mennonite Church
(the denomination I was raised in and the one I began re-attending since 9-11),
and some added ones plus a new list I got today (How's that for a run-on
sentence):
Anything war can do, PEACE can do better!
War is expensive, peace is priceless!
Peace: A Force More Powerful
Make Peace by Doing Justice
Loving one's enemy, the ultimate test of faith!
A pre-emptive strike violates international law
A pre-emptive strike turns the world against us
A pre-emptive strike violates "just war" principles
Peaceful alternatives are never exhausted
Any idiot can start a war; making peace requires intelligence
The rule that the ACPJ had for its members: No matter how much we'd like to, no
demonizing of individuals--it is a tactic that we don't endorse. Well, it turns
out that I agree with that even though I have been guilty of it many times in
the past. I carried a sign with the last two messages. I was afraid that lady
who is the "Is-that-really non-violent" cop might object to the last message,
so I asked her. She smiled and said, of course not--you are not demonizing any
particular individual--it is a sound abstract concept. If it happens to fit our
current president and most of his cabinet, well, that's their problem." I love
her--she is so wise!
Thanks for thinking of me,
Ray
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