OFF TOPIC BIG-TIME [WUZ:Re: [CH] Yellow Peppers]
VoodooChile (rael@ebicom.net)
Sun, 11 Apr 1999 18:42:51 -0500
Twas Writ:
>Hi everybody, I'd like to encourage all gardeners to
>join me in the Yellow Ribbon Garden Project.
>I hope gardeners everywhere will display yellow
>ribbons and/or a yellow ribbon of garden lights in
>their gardens to show support and faith for the
>3 p.o.w's and all troops in harm's way. Plant yellow
personally, i'm displaying black ribbons in opposition to:
--the US/NATO decision to stick their nose in where it does not belong,
i.e. play World Police,
--the US/NATO decision to wage war against a country that by all
definitions was keeping to itself until bombed by NATO aggressors (corner a
dog, he will bite),
--US/NATO hypocrisy in deciding to support 'oppressed peoples" (what about
Kurds in Iraq and Turkey? various oppressed peoples in Africa? US support
of a corrupt mexican government who seems determined to destroy Zapatista
"rebels"? silence about years of chinese aggression in nepal?),
--the bias and propaganda spewed by the US/NATO forces as well as media,
--the use of NATO troops as an aggressive force which violates the purpose
*of* NATO,
--the stupidity of government in general - supposedly responsible entities
- for thinking violence/war/bombs/etc. can force peace to exist...it's been
tried throughout history and it does not work nor ever will. it is illogical.
and personally, i'd show much more support (which is none, right now...and
i'm ex military, btw) for the US troops if they had stood in unity, faced
their "commander-in-chief" and told him to go to hell...or went a step or
two further...or at least asked some hard questions and demanded logical
answers...other than the fact that the US wants (to create) a reason for US
presence in that area (hence, the primary russian and chinese reasons for
objection to the entire fiasco...
in short (ha..), i'd hope one would not blindly support troops merely out
of 'patriotic duty' or whatever it's called. the days of government
serving the desires and whims of the few need to cease, as should the days
of unquestioning confidence in politicians, as well as presidents, who
think not of public service, but personal achievement, status, and wealth.
but that's just me...and not chile-related no matter how you twist
it...which just goes to show one what happens when posts dealing with
politics are sent to a mailing list dealing with chileheads...i know it was
well meant, but please understand that not everyone on this list is an
american, not every american is in favor of bombing foreign countries, and
not every american, or non-american for that matter , thinks 'all is well'
in a country ruled by Corporate Entities and led by a sociopathic lying
bastard...
on the other hand...my squash seedlings are peeking from the soil and the
tiny serrano seedlings are winking at me...this is a good thing...
my apologies to everyone for this...quite a sore point with me...Monk Rael
returneth to his dungeon now to re-educate a nubile i've got my fingers
upon, so to speak...(baby, where did you put that salsa!...come to poppa
now...)...
peace, hendrix, and chiles.......
Rael
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