Silence For Troy Davis

Silence. May he rest in peace. n/t (4.00 / 3)

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by: davidseth @ Thu Sep 22, 2011 at 03:04:25 AM UTC

I'm in; thus "out" (4.00 / 3)

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by: Diane G @ Thu Sep 22, 2011 at 12:34:07 PM UTC

I'm not sure that silence (4.00 / 1)

is much of an answer to anything, I'd say make some noise instead.

I think the whole point of arbitrary state killings (like the Rosenbergs in the 1950s) is to create fear and silence.

That's why they do it.

To prove that they can.

Just like the torture of Bradley Manning isn't about Bradley Manning- it's a reminder to the rest of us, and very directly to those in the military who might speak out.

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by: wilberforce @ Thu Sep 22, 2011 at 16:37:31 PM UTC

davidseth said 24 hours! (4.00 / 3)

I do believe I agree with your thoughts, though.  Yes, killing an innocent man would tend to create fear and silence -- "see what we can do -- we can kill you guilty or innocent . . .  "

And, yes, the same kind of thing with Bradley Manning, an example . . . . "let this be a lesson to you should you, in the military, or any of you, too, decide you allow the truth of what we do to become public . . . . "

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I think we should continue to call out the State of Georgia, the District Attorney and the Parole Board -- I mean, literally call them up and remind them of their immoral, illegal murderous act.   I think Georgia enjoys a fair amount of tourism -- we should all try to make sure that we remind vacationers with "Georgia on their minds . . . " that they should recall the out and out murder of Troy Davis!

"At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst."--Aristotle

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by: tahoebasha3 @ Thu Sep 22, 2011 at 19:57:02 PM UTC

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It's now already... (4.00 / 2)

...more than 24 hours, and I am reading this.  So I have not been in silence.  But, throughout my somewhat circumscribed activities, I have remained in a deep awareness, a deep and subdued awareness of our tragically limited human consciousness.

It is beyond conceivability to me that human awareness can remain now, in this day and age, so far beneath anything which I believe to be acceptable.

Yet, I will continue, with the limited energy I have left, to work for Troy Davis' vision.

I read Robert Scheer's essay today.  He said he found it amazing to be still fighting this battle 50 years after he protested the killing of Caryl Chessman at San Quentin in 1960.  That was poignant for me, as that was also my first protest of the death penalty.  

It is sad.  I'm now old and tired.  I will continue fighting this battle as well as as I can.  But I am so sad and sorry that it takes so long, this long.

Ah People!  Please wake up!

Breathe in emptiness and luminosity.  Breathe out compassion.

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by: dharmasyd @ Fri Sep 23, 2011 at 04:49:54 AM UTC