A Declaration Against Violence has been posted here seeking signatures from all over the world to express the opposition of the vast majority of humanity to the use of violence and force in personal and public affairs.
PLEASE READ IT, SIGN IT, AND ASK AS MANY OTHERS AS YOU CAN TO DO THE SAME!
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17 responses so far ↓
boldscot // May 13, 2007 at 3:49 pm |
Juz byl, excellent work.
Step by step…….
1loneranger // May 13, 2007 at 4:15 pm |
We have the elder statesman to thank for this one.
Jose // May 13, 2007 at 6:45 pm |
Done, 1loneranger. Pity that only 13 people have turned up.
1loneranger // May 14, 2007 at 1:20 am |
It’s built, and they will come.
anticant // May 14, 2007 at 2:21 am |
Rome wasn’t built in a day, Jose. Over 20 signatures in the first 12 hours isn’t at all bad. A lot of people wait to sign such things until they see they are gathering momentum. The great thing now is to network it – tell all your friends and contacts about it and urge them to sign. I’ve emailed most of my contacts list and they are starting to sign up. If the petition to end whaling can gather over a million signatures, this one ought to do prety well, given time.
BTW, do please ask people to state their country, so that it’s clear the Declaration has international backing.
anticant // May 14, 2007 at 4:14 am |
“Better light one candle than curse the darkness.”
earthpal // May 14, 2007 at 9:31 am |
Loneranger, thanks for this. I will sign and pass it on to everyone I know.
Well done.
1loneranger // May 15, 2007 at 6:54 pm |
The Peace Declaration website was ‘down’ for unknown reasons for most of today. It is up and running again.
Thank you to all for reading and signing.
Jose // May 19, 2007 at 7:09 am |
Is it only 32 signatures up to this moment? 16 days after it started. It seems as though people would not be very much for peace.
Shame!
earthpal // May 19, 2007 at 8:27 am |
It probably needs more publicity. Maybe we should start spamming as many blogs as we can.
I put it on my blog and I have to say it got very little response. But the petition site was down all that day and maybe people just haven’t bothered re-trying.
boldscot // May 19, 2007 at 10:36 am |
One comment made to me by someone who is in sympathy but unwilling to sign shows the mood amongst some people.
He said ‘the government will have a list of people to look at’ or something like that.
We can see from the ‘Madeleine’ campaign that it is possible to get mass movement.
Our time will come if we keep plugging away.
anticant // May 19, 2007 at 12:44 pm |
Boldscot, your friend’s response shows the Orwellian atmosphere many people have already succumbed to. If the names of those who sign our Declaration go down on a government list, so what? The Gestapo, or Stasi, aren’t going to turn up for us in the middle of the night just yet.
In today’s paranoidly defensive/aggressive atmosphere, anyone who advocates peaceful solutions runs the risk of being branded unpatriotic. It’s time to call the bluff of this hogwash. Remember Roosevelt’s “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”.
1loneranger // May 19, 2007 at 4:50 pm |
HI guys,
I think that 2nd day that the petition site was down for whatever reason probably put a lot of potential signatories off or just dismayed them from coming back. We’ll keep plugging away endorsing it through blogs and email. As Anti already mentioned “rome wasn’t built in a day”.
As far as some list and being timid about the possibilities of being flagged. Fuck it. I’m w/ Anti here too. If you’re worried about cyber info lists, you’re probably already on one. Read the news! And really, it isn’t as though we’re signing a declaration of war and violence and preparing to storm the hills of government here. It is a peace declaration. If I’m on the same list as Tutu, good.
Jose // May 20, 2007 at 7:53 am |
Well said, Anticant, Boldscot and 1loneranger. And yes, Earthpal, it needs more publicity.
Bill // May 31, 2007 at 9:39 am |
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Bill Compton // June 4, 2007 at 8:47 pm |
Hi Jim. Photos i received. Thanks
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