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Re: 3/23: Peace Protesters Stage Dramatic Die-in to Oppose Iraq War at City's Most Prominent Catholic Parish

That was the worst protest idea ever. First, what does the Catholic church have to do with the war? Nothing! Second, even the Pope is against the war, and the last Pope (JP2) admonished Dubya right to his face about the war when nobody else would. Third and finally, anyone who goes to anti-war protests will see Catholic anti-war groups marching. This kind of action only undermines the anti-war cause by helping the media to marginalize us. And possibly those anti-war Catholics will lose faith in the anti-war movement after acts like this. This act definitely destroys solidarity within the movement. Very poorly timed too: choosing the most sacred day of the year makes it especially tasteless. If you had done just one bit of reading on faith and the war you would find out after about three minutes of reading that it is not the Catholics but the evangelicals who support the war! My God you guys are as bad as the conservasheeps who don't know the difference between Shiite and Sunni. Please just stay home next Sunday. If you really want to make a difference and do something daring, you should pull this at a city council meeting when Daley, a close pal of dubya's, is sitting there.
 
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Re: Re: 3/23: Peace Protesters Stage Dramatic Die-in to Oppose Iraq War at City's Most Prominent Catholic Parish

Tipscommissar stumbles on it when he writes "First, what has the Catholic Church got to do with the war? Nothing!"

And that's precisely the problem.

Want to know what the lay Catholic peace groups who have been marching in antiwar parades, organizing vigils and and rallies, speaking out, bearing witness, and yes, conducting civil disobdience during the past 5 years think about the protest at Holy Name?

Ask them before you presume to speak for them.
 

Tip for the Tips Commissar

You write:
"you should pull this at a city council meeting when Daley, a close pal of dubya's, is sitting there."

Duh, "close pal of dubya's" Richie Daley AND Cardinal George were at the same closed door meeting with Dubya on January 7th. Who's to say George is any less a friend of Dubya's than Daley?

The fact is, if EITHER of them were inclined to forcefully speak out against the war, they could have used the occasion to publicly snub the Dubya during his visit here by refusing to meet with him, and announcing their actions to the press. Instead, both claim to be against violence and yet have no problem with breaking bread at the posh Union League Club with the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today.
 
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