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July 7, 2006
In memory of all those who have died due to terrorism,
either institutional or guerilla.
In memory of those who died in London on 7/7/05, or in Madrid, or New York.
In memory of those who have died and are still dying in Iraq, both soldiers and civilians.
In memory of anyone who has died for a cause that they themselves did not believe in.
A question to those who commit these acts.... why do you think you speak for the rest of humanity? What gives you the right to take the lives of other people in such a brutal, aggressive, testosterone-driven, misguided way?
So here we have a picture stolen from Wikipedia showing a tree planted in Tavistock Square (place of one of the London bombs, and the place that I know very well from working there regularly) in memory of the victims of Hiroshima.
I've been to Hiroshima. Everyone should go, if they have the chance.
And I'll leave you with this thought, something that has come up recently in The Knitted Terrorists dealings with others: there are many ways of fighting terror and bullying, both institutional and militant. Pretending it doesn't exist, meeting fight with might, bombing the shit out of civilians, selling re-building rights to a destroyed country to your friends, lying about military information, banning the use of misappropriated words.... none of these are moral, in my opinion. To beat a bully, you need to stand upright, name them for what they are, laugh in their face, smile gently at their discomfort. Laughter. Never underestimate its ability to destroy a bully....
Become a Knitted Terrorist and question everything around you, including your own self-belief and comfort in your western way of life....
They are not right and we are not right and everyone loses.
Posted by scumkitten at July 7, 2006 7:43 PM
Comments
Well said comrade!
Posted by: glittrgirl at July 8, 2006 10:15 AM
I agree, very well said.
Posted by: Tasha at July 8, 2006 10:26 PM
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