I wish for peace

[tinyjo]

So, the war has started. They're killing people. Fabulous. I'll be going along to the protest in Carfax this evening (6pm), although I'm a little nervous - there'll be a lot of people there I expect. I hope it doesn't get out of hand (and a secret bad part of me hopes it finishes before Buffy, but I've set my video just in case) but I suppose there's no particular reason it should. I won't make it to London on Saturday - this is as big as I go - but at least I'll have been out there a little, adding my own tiny voice to the cry of "Not in my name". I know it won't make a difference, but I need to have said it.

Comments

[shepline.livejournal.com]

I echo your sentiments. I hope that it is as short as they said it would be, but I fear it won't be... What I can't understand is why Tony Blair is not listening to the majority of the country, and why a supposed socialist leader is aligning himself with a man who was never democratically elected to pursue what a war which is certainly morally and legally questionable?

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

What I can't understand is why Tony Blair is not listening to the majority of the country,

It's very close to not being the majority any more, apparently...

and why a supposed socialist leader is aligning himself with a man who was never democratically elected to pursue what a war which is certainly morally and legally questionable?

Because he thinks what he's doing is Right. After the past few days, I do genuinely believe that he thinks that. I'm even willing to conceed that the end he's going after is a Good Thing - it's just that the means used to get here have ended up being about the worst he could have chosen.