Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Vigil 3-13-07
It was quite a good vigil yesterday. It was a good turn out with a few people who only occasionally make it, the regulars, and a new one.
We got flipped off A LOT! Lots of people think war is great and are too chickenshit to do their own killing. We also got lots of support from passers by.
Bob, the WWII Vets for Peace guy has a sign that says "Our Military Are Terrorist." It's a quote from Howard Zinn and it kicks up a lot of controversy as it were. The fact is...they are. The only difference between U.S. led terror and what we are propagandized as terrrorism is that U.S. led terror is sanctioned by the government.
We even had a counter protester. An older black fellow was yelling that he was a Vietnam Vet. He seemed to be inebriated. He was walking through the traffic with his hat and almost getting hit numerous times. He held his hat as a counter protest sign and kept screaming "VIET-FUCKING-NAM! I'm a Vietnam Vet." I knew there was no talking to him but I really wanted to ask a few things: Did you know you fought for the same government that enslaved your people? The same system that upheld apartheid against your people into the '60's. The same government that had a sterilization system set up especially for your women. The same government that would allow lynchings of your people in the South so white citizens could have picnics beneath the hanged corpses of your brethren. The same government that in 2004 stole thousands of votes from blacks in the military. But I didn't.
A recruiter, however, came out and gave the man a hat. Wow! "I went to Vietnam, got PTSD, got wounds that didn't heal properly, got shit for health care, killed lots of people, and continue to suffer greatly, but at least I got this fuckin' hat." One word comes to mind about that recruiter..."embarrasin'."
A woman finally came around and talked to the man and they walked off. I could see his eyes were damaged and wondered if it was from the war. I wondered if he was homeless or struggling to keep a roof over his head. He definitely had a problem with alcohol or a reasonable facsimile thereof.
He was also screaming that we should support the troops. I don't know why it is that people think we don't support the troops. They just assume. Our troops are being exposed to depleted uranium. Our troops are suffering from PTSD severly. Our troops are getting shit health care when they return. Our troops have to pay for their own wounds. Our troops are committing war crimes. Our troops are away from their families often for years. Our troops are in Iraq and Afghanistan and soon Iran to enrich the coffers of already rich fucking assholes. We want our troops to come home, be with their families, get decent medical and mental health care, and be treated with respect by the same government that treats them like shit for killing for chickenshits to rich to do the killing themselves.
And the cherry on the whipped cream: One of the recruiters I have only seen a few times out there. Big guy, really tough looking, looks like he likes to kill. As we were leaving, he was heading into his recruiting office. I said rather loudly so he could hear, something like, "How's it going?" He responded with a "Shut Up!" Me and the few people left responded to that with laughter, and lots of it. What a rude asshole. One passer by, a pedestrian, told us these guys were slaughtering women, children, men, elders, and occasional insurgents in Iraq so we can sleep safely at night. So this rude recruiter killed lots of people in Iraq for me to get some sleep, comes back and treats me rudely. We all laughed at that pedestrian, too.
We got flipped off A LOT! Lots of people think war is great and are too chickenshit to do their own killing. We also got lots of support from passers by.
Bob, the WWII Vets for Peace guy has a sign that says "Our Military Are Terrorist." It's a quote from Howard Zinn and it kicks up a lot of controversy as it were. The fact is...they are. The only difference between U.S. led terror and what we are propagandized as terrrorism is that U.S. led terror is sanctioned by the government.
We even had a counter protester. An older black fellow was yelling that he was a Vietnam Vet. He seemed to be inebriated. He was walking through the traffic with his hat and almost getting hit numerous times. He held his hat as a counter protest sign and kept screaming "VIET-FUCKING-NAM! I'm a Vietnam Vet." I knew there was no talking to him but I really wanted to ask a few things: Did you know you fought for the same government that enslaved your people? The same system that upheld apartheid against your people into the '60's. The same government that had a sterilization system set up especially for your women. The same government that would allow lynchings of your people in the South so white citizens could have picnics beneath the hanged corpses of your brethren. The same government that in 2004 stole thousands of votes from blacks in the military. But I didn't.
A recruiter, however, came out and gave the man a hat. Wow! "I went to Vietnam, got PTSD, got wounds that didn't heal properly, got shit for health care, killed lots of people, and continue to suffer greatly, but at least I got this fuckin' hat." One word comes to mind about that recruiter..."embarrasin'."
A woman finally came around and talked to the man and they walked off. I could see his eyes were damaged and wondered if it was from the war. I wondered if he was homeless or struggling to keep a roof over his head. He definitely had a problem with alcohol or a reasonable facsimile thereof.
He was also screaming that we should support the troops. I don't know why it is that people think we don't support the troops. They just assume. Our troops are being exposed to depleted uranium. Our troops are suffering from PTSD severly. Our troops are getting shit health care when they return. Our troops have to pay for their own wounds. Our troops are committing war crimes. Our troops are away from their families often for years. Our troops are in Iraq and Afghanistan and soon Iran to enrich the coffers of already rich fucking assholes. We want our troops to come home, be with their families, get decent medical and mental health care, and be treated with respect by the same government that treats them like shit for killing for chickenshits to rich to do the killing themselves.
And the cherry on the whipped cream: One of the recruiters I have only seen a few times out there. Big guy, really tough looking, looks like he likes to kill. As we were leaving, he was heading into his recruiting office. I said rather loudly so he could hear, something like, "How's it going?" He responded with a "Shut Up!" Me and the few people left responded to that with laughter, and lots of it. What a rude asshole. One passer by, a pedestrian, told us these guys were slaughtering women, children, men, elders, and occasional insurgents in Iraq so we can sleep safely at night. So this rude recruiter killed lots of people in Iraq for me to get some sleep, comes back and treats me rudely. We all laughed at that pedestrian, too.
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