Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Did the LUGForum already collapse? Please kids, go play outside. Regards, Sonny - ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Lottermoser" <imagist@concentric.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 4:38 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] Terror > darkroom@ix.netcom.com (Austin Franklin)9/13/014:39 PM > > > How, in the hell, do you propose doing that? > > > > What "action" does your proposal entail? > > These questions would require very long answers. But briefly > So far: > 1. I have and will continue to put forth my thoughts of > peaceful non-violent solutions. > 2. I have begun to organize a group of professional artists > who, will hopefully speak eloquently to the issues of peaceful > nnon-vioelent solutions. > 3. I will refresh my studies from such sources as: > > GHANDI: > In a century that witnessed unprecedented violence, Mohandas K. > Ghandi demonstrated nonviolence could be revolutionary. A devote > Hindu, he drew inspiration from a range of sources that included > Jesus, Leo Tolstoy and Henry David Thoreau, and violent > discrimination he faced while practicing law in South Africa. > Ghandi, also called Mahatma or Great Soul, helped end British > colonial rule of India with boycotts of British schools, > institutions and goods and refusal to pay taxes. With > demonstrators being beaten and sometimes massacred, not everyone > adopted his tactics, leading to several armed revolts until India > and Pakistan gained independence in 1947. Ghandi pleaded with > Hindus and Muslims to live together in peace, sometimes fasting > to the brink of death to stop religious violence. On Jan 30, 1948 > he was assassinated by a Hindu fanatic. > -- Gannett News Service > > Ghandi has much to say: > "It is open to a war resister to judge between two combatants and > wish success to the one who has justice on his side." > "The science of war leads one to dictatorship pure and simple. > The science of non-violence can alone lead one to pure > democracy." > "The end of non-violent Owarą is always an agreement, never > dictation, much less humiliation of the opponent." > 4. I will awaken every morning with your questions on my > mind, and each day attempt to answer them with non-violent > action. > > > What are you going to do, call them names? > > This thoughtless question does not deserve an answer. > > George > > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html