Guantanamo Bay and the Quiet Protest
As the crowd met across the street for this peaceful protest, I was there to get my journalistic point of view. I saw that there were a handful people and even less of the police. This protest was held in NYC, across from the Supreme Court house. There were also many others across the world on January 11th, 2008. Some were arrested elsewhere in the world; some went home free after the protest.
It was raining. Maybe that is why people did not show up. However the rain would not compare to the water boarding and torture that I was there to report about. I often wonder, if it was our fathers, sons, or brothers in Guantanamo Bay, would there have been more there?
The protest in New York City was peaceful by all means. No riots, fan fare, or marching in the streets. However there were prayers, quiet talking, and silent cries for the mass torture going on that has been swept under the rug for so long.
As a journalist I must report only the facts. It is very important for people to make up their own minds. However as a humanitarian, what is going on in Guantanamo Bay cannot continue. There is evidence of torture and suffering. How many truly must go through this before we as a nation say enough is enough?
Sometimes peace is achieved by peace, but great leaps and bounds must be made to achieve this peace. We are not off the hook simply because this does not affect us. This does affect us. There are Americans being held in Guantanamo Bay. Do not be mistaken about that.
To think that this is not on our own soil is to think that there is not pollution in our air. If you think this cannot happen to you, look up the definition of an "enemy combatant." If you think that this cannot take away your civil liberties, reconsider your options and how you would live in a fascist world.
Yes, the next administration may remove what you are thinking is an issue of the current administration. Who is to say they would? Who is to say they would not? However the question that lies within is this: With all the new administration is going to face, how can they correct what the current administration has created?
As I listened to this peaceful protest, there were more who came to stand for the tearing down or shutting down of this place called Guantanamo Bay. What can we do, is something that many ask. There is plenty to do; write your Senators, Representives, and Congressmen. Think about the fact that what is going on over there can come over here in a heartbeat to snuff that beat out, allowing not the drummer's cadence to freedom to continue.
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Post a CommentHm, and looking at it, no, the word is indeed "vein" - as in a "vein of silver", or a series of tubes. It's in the same "vein" as journalists, in the sense that it's in the same "grouping". "Vain" implies futility or excessive pride. So yeah, vein was right. Go figure.
Oh and RJT, it's spelled Chadd. Unlike vain, you'll see that it's spelled right on the same page as the person you're personally attacking.
RJT,
Thank you so much for your words, I always find it amazing how one can grow from a gambit, in any context delivered. I also ask that you would come back and reread the article if it can be changed out. Thank you for your comments and I do hope you will read more of my writings as I will also read yours.
As for standing up for the rights of others, lets just say, some of my heros are Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Edward R. "Ed" Murrow,
and George Carlin only to name a few.
Sincerely,
Aingealicia
Chadd,
I am resubmitting my article, so I do hope you come back to see the difference. Thank you for your comments. I feel if you can not take criticisms, you should not be writing. Especially on such a sensitive and painful subject for many. I believe you will find what I have written can tell you with out a shadow of a doubt of which vain as you state it and spell it, I stand.
After all Edward R. "Ed" Murrow is the man that I wish to be like when I am a grown up journalist. Again thank you for your comments and please feel free to read my other things. I also ask when the new article of this story is published that you pass it on so others can help with such a situation that needs attention.
Regards,
Aingealicia
Hm, sentences like, "As a journalist I must report only the facts. It is very important for people to make up their own minds. However as a humanitarian, what is going on in Guantanamo Bay cannot continue. There is evidence of torture and suffering. How many truly must go through this before we as a nation say enough is enough?" don't really belong in a journalistic article. Either you're trying to take the vein of journalist, or you're trying to take the vein of op/ed writer, but you really can't be both. It almost seems as though the phrase journalism is loosely thrown around in the hopes of adding credence to the article, which is little more than aforementioned op/ed piece. You have writing talent, but you need to charge that with the appropriate tone to what you're aiming for.