Guest Guest Posted April 9, 2003 Share Posted April 9, 2003 Peace Activist Etiquette With all of this talk of war, many of us will encounter "Peace Activists" who will try and convince us that we must refrain from retaliating against the ones who terrorized us all on September 11, 2001, and those who support terror. These activists may be alone or in a gathering.....most of us don't know how to react to them. When you come upon one of these people, or one of their rallies, here are the proper rules of etiquette: 1. Listen politely while this person explains their views. Strike up a conversation, if necessary, and look very interested in their ideas. They will tell you how revenge is immoral, and that by attacking the people who did this to us, we will only bring on more violence. They will probably use many arguments, ranging from political to religious to humanitarian. 2. In the middle of their remarks, without any warning, punch them in the nose. 3. When the person gets up off of the ground, they will be very angry and they may try to hit you, so be careful. 4. Very quickly and calmly remind the person that violence only brings about more violence and remind them of their stand on this matter. Tell them if they are really committed to a nonviolent approach to undeserved attacks, they will turn the other cheek and negotiate a solution. Tell them they must lead by example if they really believe what they are saying. 5. Most of them will think for a moment and then agree that you are correct. 6. As soon as they do that, hit them again. Only this time hit them much harder... square in the nose. 7. Repeat steps 2-5 until the desired results are obtained and the idiot realizes how stupid an argument he/she is making. There is no difference in an individual attacking an unsuspecting victim or a group of terrorists attacking a nation of people. It is unacceptable and must be dealt with. Perhaps at a high cost. We owe our military a huge debt for what they are doing for us and our children. We must support them and our leaders at times like these. We have no choice. We either strike back, VERY HARD, or we will keep getting hit in the nose. Lesson over, class dismissed. (author unknown) This is me, Cat. I thought this was kind of cute, because I know many people in this area who are exactly like this. But they're not against guns, because a lot of them hunt. The Amish and the Mennonites feel about the same, at least as a *group* philosophy. Privately, some understand why there is sometimes a need to fight. I attended a liberal college that was even mentioned on NBC national news tonight for its focus on peace. They use their religion (which is not *mine*, BTW) to justify their non-violent stance. These same people are quite ready to shoot you full of buckshot should you invade their garden plots to steal watermelons, as a group of local teens once learned. Thank God our military fights to allow them the same rights as the rest of us. Quote Link to comment
Guest Guest Posted April 9, 2003 Share Posted April 9, 2003 Sometimes you need to play by the offending parties dirty rules as they won't respect yours! Quote Link to comment
Guest Guest Posted April 10, 2003 Share Posted April 10, 2003 *Giggle* I can't really see myself hitting someone, but I'll give it a try! Quote Link to comment
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