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Rice For Peace |
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by Alice Webb, via PK
Email: herringb (nospam) prairienet.org (unverified!)
Phone: 217-244-8820
Address: Urbana IMC |
04 Feb 2003
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A design idea for demonstrating the volume of the opposition to the impending escalation in the 12-year war against Iraq. |
There is a grassroots campaign underway to protest war in lraq in a
simple, but potentially powerful way.
-- Place 1/2 cup uncooked rice in a small plastic bag.
-- Squeeze out excess air and seal the bag.
-- Wrap it in piece of paper on which you have written, "If your
enemies are hungry, feed them. (Romans 12:20) Please send this
rice to the people of Iraq; do no attack them."
-- Place the paper and bag of rice in an envelope and address
them to:
President George Bush, White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, DC 20500
-- Attach $1.06 in postage. (Three 37-cent stamps equal $1.11)
-- Drop this in the mail. It is important to act NOW so that
President Bush gets the letter, ASAP.
In order for this protest to be effective, there must be hundreds or
thousands of such rice deliveries to the White House. We can do
this if you each forward this message to your friends and family.
There is a positive history of this protest! In the 1950's, the
Fellowship of Reconciliation began a similar protest, which is
credited with influencing President Eisenhower against attacking
China. Although the President did not acknowledge receipt of the
bags publicly, and no rice was ever sent to China, it was learned a
decade later that the campaign played a significant, perhaps even
determining role in preventing nuclear war. Twice while the
campaign was on, President Eisenhower met with the Joint Chiefs
of Staff to consider US options in the conflict with China over two
islands, Quemoy and Matsu. The generals twice recommended
the use of nuclear weapons. President Eisenhower each time
turned to his aide and asked how many little bags of rice had come
in. When told the numbers in the tens of thousands, Eisenhower
told the generals that as long as so many Americans were
expressing active interest in having the US feed the Chinese, he
certainly wasn't going to consider using nuclear weapons against
them.
Alice Webb, Sunburst Studio
www.alicewebb.com
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