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Nonviolence starts with each of us.

By Marks & Katz, LLC

Millions have been repeating "Happy New Year" this week. Millions make resolutions for the new year, so often not kept.  A worthy resolution that can be started immediately is nonviolence. Let this be the first of all days that people no longer hit their children, their significant others, nor anyone else.  Reducing the eating of land and sea animals reduces violence, as does the reduction of buying and wearing leather and fur. The hunting of animals and the catching of fish needs to stop. Let this be an era where people insist that their governments rein in militarism, end capital punishment, and rein in police violence, including tasing, shooting, beating, and police dog attacks.  I am not a complete pacifist, but I believe that violence begets violence, and that non-violence starts with each of us, right this moment...continue to full post

Full post as published by Underdog on December 31, 2008 (boomark / email).