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| Tough time to peddle pacifist drivel |
| 2001-10-09 |
It's a tough time to peddle pacifism. Yet for the second day in a row, anti-war protesters gathered at Woodruff Park downtown Atlanta Monday, calling on Americans to give peace a chance. And for the second day in a row, the 100 or so demonstrators were met with indifferent glances from home-bound office workers and the homeless. "We're swimming against the tide of popular opinion, no doubt about it," said Courtney Siceloff, 79, a civil rights activist who said he protested World War II and every war since. "But speaking out against the government's action when it's wrong and immoral is true patriotism." One might suggest that supporting one's country when its actions are correct and moral is true patriotism. Reflexive and unthinking opposition to one's government as it defends the commonweal could be considered treason, couldn't it? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |