A Cry

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     It is never too soon to beat swords 
       into plough-shares.

     It is never too soon to declare
       "war no more."

     We can come through this crisis
       with a leadership unheard of before
       with potential for peace and sensitivity
       never before demonstrated in such a scale.

     There are so many ways
       we can be talked into mindless fighting,
       senseless bloodshed, stupid retribution,
       that will feed the evil, glorify the wrong,
       justify violent means pursued by the unenlightened,
       and perpetuate the slumber of intelligent
       holiness, the slumber of regard and love for
       fellow humans.

     But we can choose to awaken, to be above base,
       instinctual desires.

     How can convictions of peace and human brotherhood
       overcome senseless war-mongering?

     What would God want us to do?


			David Eisenstein
			Thu Sep 13, 2001, ~8:45am




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