I don't know about you, but for me, all this living through history-in-the-making is a little bit rough. It's a bit much for any person to take. This, perhaps, is the closest life gets to living in a memory. People dying.
I was very much against this war. Up until a few days before it actually began. At some point, it just occurred to me that there was no stopping it. Perhaps protest was always futile. President Bush. I'm not going to declare my hatred for him. He is our leader, and I am an American. We are at war, no time to fight amongst ourselves.
Now, to protest, seems foolish. It's here. It's happening. And all I can do is hope that it ends very soon, and with that, that the bloodshed is minimal. It's already been too much.
Then again, perhaps now is the most important time to protest. In the squinty-eyed, pointed-nosed, ugly-assed face of it. Against reality. This may be the only time to protest. To see President Bush coming out of this looking like a hero....
If we can, I think we should focus on our loves. The people we love, the things we love. And we should direct all that love, all that energy and hope, to the people who are out there suffering, being plummeted with shock and awe and bullshit.
_________________ stephen mejias
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