Peace march downtown tomorrow
To commemorate the third anniversary of our misguided foray into Iraq, there will be a peace march in downtown Corvallis on Saturday, March 18th. The gathering will begin at noon at the Benton County Courthouse, beginning with a march around downtown and followed by a rally.
We'll be there, as we have been since March 2003. (We'll also be driving up to Portland for the larger event on Sunday.) At the very least, it's a nice reminder that there are like-minded people in town. (And yes, I did notice that Leah Bolger's email address is tied to the flyer for the peace rally, but I still disagree with the city council resolution.) It's also a pretty sober acknowledgement that thousands upon thousands of people have died with no good cause. More than 2300 American soldiers and a whopping 33,000 Iraqi civilians have died over the past three years. That's more than half the population of our little town. Isn't that worth a couple hours out of a Saturday afternoon?
In sort-of-related news, I saw a yellow ribbon magnet on a car yesterday that proudly stated, "I support more troops than you." I loved it. If you really want to support the troops, show up for the rally. Nothing supports them more than bringing them home alive. The only people you are really supporting by purchasing for-profit yellow ribbon magnets are the third world sweatshop workers who are making them for 50 cents a day. How patriotic.
(Side note: Gremlins ate the Corvallist blog between Thursday afternoon and Friday morning. Hopefully the issue is now resolved.)
We'll be there, as we have been since March 2003. (We'll also be driving up to Portland for the larger event on Sunday.) At the very least, it's a nice reminder that there are like-minded people in town. (And yes, I did notice that Leah Bolger's email address is tied to the flyer for the peace rally, but I still disagree with the city council resolution.) It's also a pretty sober acknowledgement that thousands upon thousands of people have died with no good cause. More than 2300 American soldiers and a whopping 33,000 Iraqi civilians have died over the past three years. That's more than half the population of our little town. Isn't that worth a couple hours out of a Saturday afternoon?
In sort-of-related news, I saw a yellow ribbon magnet on a car yesterday that proudly stated, "I support more troops than you." I loved it. If you really want to support the troops, show up for the rally. Nothing supports them more than bringing them home alive. The only people you are really supporting by purchasing for-profit yellow ribbon magnets are the third world sweatshop workers who are making them for 50 cents a day. How patriotic.
(Side note: Gremlins ate the Corvallist blog between Thursday afternoon and Friday morning. Hopefully the issue is now resolved.)
posted by Corvallist at
11:08 AM
2 Comments:
I hope to be at the march. But I'm not sure I agree with calling it a peace march. Peace for who? There was no peace in Iraq before we went over there and there won't be after we leave, certainly. So calling it a peace march, I don't know. I've had trouble with that one. Bringing home the troops won't create peace in Iraq. It will hopefully save the lives of American soldiers. Sometimes I think the left uses the word "peace" like the right uses the word "God".
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Anonymous, at 12:07 PM
Corv,
HAve I seen you at the vigils before?
I used to go more often. I work SAT or believe me, I'd be there. If you go and blog about it, there is a nowar list here in town that would love to see it.
LET me know. Thanks for dropping by.
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crallspace, at 12:43 PM
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