Comments on this press release? Should I add anything?
After seeing my friend Dave Ridley put behind bars yesterday for the "crime" of Distributing Handbills, I decided that I must stand up to this oppressive government, even if only a small way. So tomorrow I will sit in the Keene IRS office with a sign saying, "Taxes pay for torture" until I'm hauled away.
I first realized the federal government was completely evil when I watched as church people in Waco were burned alive by federal agents. Since then, this government has engaged in a war of aggression against Iraq, killing perhaps 700,000 Iraqi civilians. It has become the open policy of the US to torture prisoners and hold them without charges or trial. Somehow, good people in this country have been able to justify in their minds that this is necessary for our protection. I want to make a stand so people will rethink these kinds of justifications. How can our freedoms come from torturing others, who have not even been shown to have committed any crimes? I don't want this kind of freedom. I want the kind of freedom where initiation of force against others is the exception, rather than public policy.
In times such as these, it is incumbent upon each individual to look at his own actions and decide, "Am I aiding this atrocity or resisting it? Am I giving them money? Am I working for them?" I don't want to have to explain to my grandchildren why I didn't stand up against the murder and torture - and at least attempt to put a stop to it, no matter if the attempt seems like "tilting at windmills."
What: Civil disobedience against Federal atrocities
Where: Keene IRS Office
When: Thursday July 19th, 10:00am
Contacts: Kat Kanning 357-2049, Lauren Canario 721-1490
