March 13, 2011

Happy Haiga Day!


© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved. Originally published on Lunch Break's "The Twelve Days of Christmas 2010-2011."

Next week will mark 8 years ago that the U.S. invaded Iraq and although we are now officially out, we will maintain a presence there--a very costly presence--for many years to come.

Over the years during which I marched, I heard "Get a job!" thrown at us on more than one occasion. Get a job? I have a job! But, I believe it should be everyone's job to eliminate war. I never yelled back, "Get a conscience," but maybe I should have.

Peace.

4 comments:

  1. Get a job? That's the only thing that sprang to mind for those passersby? "Thinking" is apparently something they don't do a lot of.

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  2. Comments like that, and "Dirty hippie!" just made me scratch my head. Have you seen me? Do I look like a dirty hippie? You're right, Andy, no thought involved.

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  3. Pity that some people can't imagine peace.

    Good wishes.

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  4. Thanks for commenting, Carlos! For many people "peace on earth" is only a Christmas card catchword--something that is said without any thought given to what the words actually mean.

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