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Crawford Peace House: Update on Saturday
It looks like it has been a pretty intense day in Crawford, far more so than I was expecting. It sounds like from the totality of the news coverage that the pro-war folks acted like ***** honestly, I don’t even want to go there, except to say that it makes me wonder what hope there is for this nation when people can get whipped up into a violent frenzy so easily.
But you can’t let the anti-war folks off the hook to easy either. I know from my conversations with those present, that the angry and verbally abusive protesters are the minority there, but they sure are throwing gasoline on the fire. I know lots of folks feel hopeful about the peace moment right now, but I don’t. I don’t think we have the disclipline and spirituality that folks had in Ghandi & Dr. King’s day, and without this I don’t see much hope for true non-violent revolutionary change. — I hope I’m wrong, but somehow screaming at the haters seems rather contradictory to the cause of peace.
When Gandhi and King were active, there were also violent strains in the movement, supposedly on the pro-peace side, but using less than peaceful tactics. I don’t see that today’s situation is any different. Here in Crawford, the overwhelming sentiment and behavior is generous and peaceful. Maybe being here has lightened my spirit, but I am very hopeful with what I see here and hear about. There will always be those without the self control or discipline of which you speak, but there are many who are gaining these resources every day. The job of those who have them is to model and teach.