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Rolla Peace News November 12, 2019 |
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Dear Friends: http://tomsager.org/Peaceletters/peaceletter111219.html In this newsletter is: 1. NOON VIGIL FOR PEACE: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2019 2. Rolla for Bernie 2020 3. THE MISFIT MATHEMATICIAN (Tom's column, http://tomsager.org) For the Soldier, War Never Ends 1. NOON VIGIL FOR PEACE: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2019 We vigil for peace in front of the Rolla Post Office, THIS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, FROM NOON TO 1:00 PM (and most subsequent Thursdays until Peace is established). Please try to join us. The temperature is predicted to be around 40. If you do not feel comfortable standing with us in front of the Post Office, please consider driving by and showing your support for our message by honking your horn and flashing a peace sign. 2. Rolla for Bernie 2020 Rolla for Bernie 2020 will meet in Panera at 6:30pm Thursday, November 21 and 7:30pm Sunday, December 1. Join the group on Facebook here. 3. THE MISFIT MATHEMATICIAN (Tom's column, http://tomsager.org) For the Soldier, War Never Ends This article by Matthew Hoh on Veterans, Moral Injury and Suicide is a Must Read. Combat veterans often suffer from moral injury for the rest of their lives. Hoh notes that the only way to stop veterans from suiciding, is to stop sending them to war.“We’re sold the idea of—we’re going to liberate people, we’re fighting terrorism. Then we realize we’re the ones terrorizing people. That torments you psychologically. I’ve lost a few friends to suicide.” People were not meant to kill each other. It takes billions of dollars worth of conditioning to get soldiers to kill. And when the conditioning wears off, it can leave them crippled for the rest of their life. Hoh writes, “The reality is that deaths by suicide often kill veterans at a level greater than combat, while the primary reason for these deaths lie in the immoral and ghastly nature of war itself.” If you read nothing else this week, read Matthew Hoh's “And the Armies That Remained Suffer’d: Veterans, Moral Injury and Suicide” And if you are a veteran, please consider joining Veterans for Peace. Rolla Peace News is distributed by email once a week on Tuesday evenings (except on rare occasions) and is posted on the web at http://tomsager.org (click on Grassroots Rolla: at the top of rightmost column). If you don't wish to get notices of peace events in the Rolla area, let me know and I'll take you off this list. If you want to be added to this list, let me know. Wage peace, Helen helenm (at) fidnet.com |