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Created: November 5, 2002
Latest Update: November 25, 2002
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Good evening Jeanne.Just wanted to thank you for allowing me, at 41 years of age, to participate in the walk (protest) on Thursday. Sad to say, that many times I have felt the need, urge, or just gut feeling to protest against something, but always had an excuse.
I know that things did not go how you may have wanted them, but you should know that you touched a few hearts and introduced some of us how to be heard. I don't know if this is what you have being trying to teach us all semester, but I have learned that if you really feel strong about something or disagree with something that is happening to society that we need to get off our butts and be heard. It is easy to complain and whine about civil rights, equal rights, or just plan common courtesy to our fellow brothers (not just Americans) but unless we back up our words with action, we should all be afraid for the future.
This war will be a war that no one can even vision. I just can't believe that more people are not worried and concerned. Have American heart became so filled with hatred for Muslims that they can not see the big picture?
Just getting a few things off my chest. Again Thank You!!!!!
Angela Cole
Women Studies/Soc of Law
On Friday, November 29, 2002, Denise Vokoun wrote:
Dear Jeannie,A few nights ago I was having dinner out and I overheard a statement that someone made and for some reason it stuck in my head. They said that "it is unfair that innocent people are punished by their leaders." I went home and thought about it and two things came to my mind-President Bush and Saddam Hussein. The leaders whose tasks are to regulate and protect society. According to Habermas, one's aesthetic and moral realms that represent who we are, are then expressed within the public sphere. What kind of a person someone is can be seen in their actions. So, if morals define who we are then President Bush and Saddam have none because their actions to go to war despite the fact that many innocent people will be killed in not of their concern-economic wealth and power is!
Denise Vokoun
On Sunday, November 24, 2002, Sarah Thurman wrote:
Subject: The teach inHi Jeanne my name is Sarah Thurman and I'm in your women, and law classes. Like you I was also upset that after the teach,since there was to time for our voices to be heard. I think that our class should sit down with the people who put this "teach in" together and teach them the meaning of illocutionary force. I stayed for the whole presentation and I would have liked to have had a discussion and question/answer period to hear what other people thoughts were about the future war. I felt the reason we were there was to learn, but that idea was thrown out the window when people were not able to ask question and were told to sit back down. I felt that it was rude! We had spend the last 2 hour with them and we couldn't ask the questions we wanted answered. I also felt that the people who were doing the speeches would have been more than happy to answer our questions but the gentlemen who was the "ring master" would not let it happen. So I decided to paint a picture of the teach in. The guy in the middle is the gentlemen who would not let us speak. The people around him, are all the people who should have been heard but were not. I was pretty upset this happen. I believe next time for them to have a real teach in everyone's voice should be heard so we can all teach each other. Thank You!