Demonstration to Stop the WAR (Fri., Oct. 11)

[Dennis Perrin]

> (A) Support for the war: no material gain + emotional and symbolic
> payoffs + a few short-term material pains like higher gas costs,
> higher heating bills, etc. + no need to get off the couch
>
> vs.
>
> (B) Opposition to the war: no material gain + emotional and symbolic
> payoffs + many short-term material pains, not just higher gas costs,
> higher heating bills, etc. that everyone pays for, but also
> considerable pains in the ass spending time, energy, and sometimes
> even money organizing or participating in demos, vigils, sit-ins,
> calls to elective representatives, etc.  (I spend a lot of time,
> energy, and money doing what I do, while catching flaks from not just
> supporters of the war but my fellow activists who call me out when I
> drop the ball, etc. -- and I don't think I'm among the most active
> anti-war activists.)
>
> I'd have to admit that (A) beats (B) in a very short-term
> cost-benefit calculation.
>
> A long and costly war -- costing both money and human bodies -- is
> another matter entirely.
> --
> Yoshie

Well, then, comrades -- here's to a loooong, destructive, painful, bloody,
costly war! Anything for the cause, eh?

DP