Comments on: Antiwar. More than mass protest is needed

By: DJ

DJ — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 22:49:18 +0000

I don’t mean just Obama, either, he was just an example of how (just like in conducting a war itself) conventional tactics fail, and actually benefit those they are intended to defeat.

Don’t get me wrong: there is political pressure available that can be effective. But I think in this post-modern world, picketing often (if not always) plays right into their hands.

To paraphrase Toffler (1992), we’ve got a dofferent kind of war, we need a doifferent kind of peacemaking.

By: Bob Morris

Bob Morris — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:08:57 +0000

I don’t mean just Obama. Picket all of them. Since the ruling elite doesn’t appear to be responding to logic and persuasion, then political pressure needs to be brought forth.

By: DJ

DJ — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:52:47 +0000

Let’s suppose that you picketed Obama for his essentially pro-war stance. You picketed him with a million people everywhere he went. He’d be on the news every day, and it would likely increase his chances of getting elected just on name recognition alone. You would have helped promote what you wanted to stop.

I don’t believe you can change the status quo with confrontational tactics and a single-issue approach. These are part of the system that promotes war. To end war, we must step outside the system.

The discussion here over these past few months shows an evolving understanding of the nature of conflict– let’s talk now about an evolution of tactics.