Pacifists with an ax !

Again I read about a " well known local peace activist " and

    a young disciple attempting to sabotage federal property ( near the silo

    of a nuclear missile -Greely, Colorado )

               This 56 year old, Daniel Sicken, I suspect, first went

    " ballistic " around 1968 - " the  Days of Rage " .

                One  need not respect Democracy when armed with a  crusading

    Moral  Truth :  the U.S. government is the  Great  Satan   as the Islamic

    fanatics say it is . However THEY are not pacifists and THEY have struck

    again : read front page, Aug. 8 - " 80 killed in embassy bombings ".

           It is simply Cultural Suicide to try to  undo the  military


    establishment. THEY  are  not NICE !

              I could never understand the logic of delinquent pacifism -

    even when I was marching against  the  stupid Vietnam War. Have they

    no confidence in their own  powers of  persuasion ? Public opinion in

    a  democracy  is not  written  in  stone. Prevailing  ideas can  be


    peacefully -and more effectively  challenged.


            But  the  majority - that is  the effective majority that VOTES -

    in general RULES . If you believe in Democracy, you  have to  live

    with  that.


           For example I oppose the death penalty. But  it seems that

    public opinion supports it. Would I dare suggest cutting down power

    lines feeding the prison electric chair ?  Is  that  how you win

    support for your point of view ?

           Let me quote the Bible as a guide to conduct : " In the beginning


    was  the WORD ".