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"I die with the conviction, held since 1968 and
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Catonsville, that nuclear weapons are the scourge
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of the earth; to mine for them, manufacture them,
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deploy them, use them, is a curse against God, the
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human family, and the earth itself."
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-- Philip Berrigan, 1923-2002
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Hi,
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One key aspect to ChristianAnarchy is a ton of
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faith that dads and/or moms will TeachTheirChildren
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the first 10-20 years of their lives EverySingleThing
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they NeedToKnow leaving them able to function in all
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society whether OutsideInterVention is needed and/or
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imposed upon them or not.
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What better time to discuss this than just before
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Christmas; better place than ATI; better giver than
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a Bruderhof person. Read this, and enjoy the rest
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of the 'zine.
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Marco
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A SEASON OF HOPE--AND BATTLE
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Johann Christoph Arnold
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This is the season of hope, of light coming into darkness.
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For years, psychologists, educators and church leaders
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have warned about subversive and decadent influences
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on children in our society--the internet, pornographic
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literature and films, violent video games, raunchy TV,
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and so on. It's an old story: the more sexually perverted
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the entertainment, the more teenagers watch it, and the
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higher the ratings and the profits.
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In my books on parenting, I have pointed to these dangers
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and suggested that the greatest trap is not anger or abhorrence,
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but indifference. And that indifference increasingly alarms me,
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because public and private morals are no longer merely slipping,
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but plummeting. Values most people once took for granted are
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simply not expected anymore, with catastrophic effects in our
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children and young people. What has happened to honor and respect
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for father and mother, for one's nation, for law enforcement or
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authority of any kind?
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I have often pointed out how big companies, exploiting our
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greed and materialism, are destroying our children. Both
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business and government are now pressuring schools to excel
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in academics, rather than focus on developing character and
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integrity. Apparently, our culture prides itself on producing
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brilliant CEOs, with Ivy League degrees and zero moral values.
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We can see the bitter fruits in the recent spate of corporate
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scandals.
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Faced with these realities, many parents are afraid, and
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with good reason, to send their children to public schools.
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Every week I hear of another family pulling their children
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out of public schools to teach them at home. Naturally this
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solution brings its own problems, since working parents too
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often are forced to give home-schooled children short shrift
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as they valiantly try to earn a living and educate them at the
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same time.
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Further, healthy parent-child relationships are becoming
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rarer and rarer, in part because children are loosing their
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childhood innocence earlier and becoming jaded and worldly-
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wise long before they reach adolescence. Most tragic of all,
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many young people are so discouraged (and, because of the adults
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around them, such strangers to the idea of long-term commitment)
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that they have no desire to marry, let alone have children.
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In a way, it seems that the terror of 9/11, far from
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uniting people--as many predicted it would--has divided us.
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Everywhere, fear and mistrust are destroying relationships.
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I am not just talking about a nagging, low- level nervousness
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about terrorism, the sagging stock market, or looming war in
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the Middle East. Those uncertainties have become a fact of life
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for everyone in recent months. I am talking about the very real
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demons of fear, violence, lust, greed, and divisiveness that are
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literally pushing individuals, couples, and even whole families
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over the edge.
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This is a global crisis--one that demands our full and undivided
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attention. The Roman Empire collapsed not only because of external
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invaders, but because of its own decadence and decay. It pains me
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to see my own country, like the Roman Empire, self-destructing
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from within. We are waging war on terror all over the world--
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and meanwhile neglecting our own homes, neighborhoods, work
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places, and schools.
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These are the real battlefronts we ought to be concentrating
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on. If only more of us realized that what really matters in
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life are healthy relationships between individuals who respect
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and love each other. This is the glue that holds a society
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together, which no amount of prosperity, laws, or security
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measures can replace.
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Over a hundred years ago, the great Russian novelist
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Dostoyevsky wrote:
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"Everywhere in these days men have...ceased to understand
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that the true security is to be found in social solidarity
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rather than in isolated individual effort. But this terrible
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individualism must inevitably have an end, and all will
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suddenly understand how unnaturally they are separated
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from one another. It will be the spirit of the time, and
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people will marvel that they have sat so long in darkness
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without seeing the light."
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Which brings us back to the holiday season.
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The answer--whether we are Christian, Muslim,
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or Jew--is to believe that the God who created
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us has not given up on us. This is the original
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Christmas message: on a dark night 2000 years ago,
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angels announced to the world, "Fear not, I bring
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you good news." And the good news? A little baby
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was born, pure and undefiled, bringing light into
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the darkness.
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Even today, new children are born into the world
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every day, and each one is, to quote the Indian poet
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Tagore, "a renewed message that God has not lost faith
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in humankind." If the creator has no lost faith in
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humanity, who are we to do so?
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As Jesus taught, we will find peace and happiness when
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we, too, become like children. Our only hope is to once
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again encourage and appreciate wherever we can this
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childlike innocence, which can still be found in small
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children and sometimes in the aging. Fighting to reclaim
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this carefree spirit of childhood will make life worth
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living. It will take away fear and depression, bring back
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a sense of purpose and security to our youth, and encourage
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parents who are desperately trying to raise their children
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in the face of so much adversity.
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[Johann Christoph Arnold is an author, family counselor
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and spokesperson for the Bruderhof movement. Read more
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of his articles at http://www.bruderhof.com .]
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#s
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http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/CIA/National%20EndowmentDemo.html
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http://ender.indymedia.org/twiki/bin/view/Vancouver/HistoryofVanIMC
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http://www.buzzflash.com/interviews/2002/12/04_Klein.html
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http://www.webactive.com/pacifica/demnow/dn20021204.html
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http://www.webactive.com/pacifica/demnow/dn20021118.html
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http://radio.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=1580
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http://www.everreviledrecords.com/label/label.html
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http://www.greaterthings.com/News/Dubya/index.html
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http://www.latinousa.org/program/lusapgm345.html
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http://audio.maineindymedia.org/rovicscoa.htm
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http://www.counterpunch.org/brasch1202.html
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http://www.secretsofthetomb.com/excerpt.php
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http://katemoraine.tripod.com/justdust.html
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http://www.yuppietakeover.com/statement.php
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http://radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=5950
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http://www.amy-martin.com/community.html
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http://www.cryptome.org/tia-eyeball.htm
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http://www.angelfire.com/indie/oneidas
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http://muhon-nin.hypermart.net
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http://zoe_mitchell.pitas.com
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http://www.pastis.org/joann
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http://digitaldisaster.org
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http://www.bluecoupe.com
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http://www.nuncamais.org
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http://www.textscene.com
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http://fhrg.org
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LIFTING A QUOTE: More Ways Than One
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"He showed us all what it meant to be free."
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"Dad never seemed touched by that even in
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those awful places."
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"He was still free."
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-- Kate Berrigan
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http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/1210-01.htm
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Did you know?
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The MilkMustache campaign cost $180M to run?
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[that's a
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LOT of
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lactose
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intolerance
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to be
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over
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ridden]
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Biometric signatures of humans?
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Story telling, change detection,
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and truth maintenance???
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Y I K E S ! ! !
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http://www.darpa.mil/iao
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"When this happens to innocents under classified or
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secret systems such as the No-Fly lists, the public
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seldom finds out about it."
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-- John Gilmore
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A MAGICAL HAIKU MOMENT:
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TIMELESS
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We love each other
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An indisputable fact
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Now and forever
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-- Theodore, 69, Queens
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SU LIN, OUR MAGIC PANDA, INTERPRETS
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"This author is a grandfather who has attained great
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wisdom. He is expressing the ultimate paradox: we may
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not always be on this earth, yet we are always attached
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to each other. An ardent passion for living such as this
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exudes joy to those around them."
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EXPRESS YOURSELF
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An Asian form, Haiku is a non-rhyming three line poem of
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5-7-5 syllables. Every other month, Su Lin will choose a
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new Haiku to post on the Zen Don package... {snip}
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[Taken off of a box of ZenDon Cappuccino soy milk]
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THINK ABOUT IT:
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Especially now, when the generals and pilots have gotten
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their parades and the resisters are getting the brig,
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court-martials, and harsh sentences (including the
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governments threat to give resister Erik Larsen the
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death penalty for desertion!) we know who this war's
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true heroes are. And we must stand with the resisters,
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and continue refusing to "Support The Troops."
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[ref]=[http://www.oz.net/~vvawai/gulfwar/Lessons-gulf-war.html]
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We end this zine as we began it,
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with a Phil Berrigan quote:
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"Because of myopic leadership, of greed for possessions,
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a public chained to corporate media, there has been
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virtually no response to these realities..." |