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S.Odamninsane Day of Healing and Reflection – Reloaded : One Year Later
by S.Odamninsane Wednesday, Mar. 24, 2004 at 3:39 PM

It has been one year since the all important first annual S.Odamninsane Day of Healing and Reflection. http://pittsburgh.indymedia.org/news/2003/04/4668.php Have We Healed. Have We Grown. Let's Do It Again

Oh these protests. This violence from the peace activists. Peace Activists supporting the military invasion of Iraq as a means to Peace. Anti-War activists supporting the Iraqi resistance in its war on American troops. And IndyMedia that continues to wain in effectiveness, popularity, traffic and continues to fight its own internal repressive elements. A sit in at a campus building on the only day of the week when no one goes there. A protest in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. International ANSWER stir the pot of discontent, promoting assaults against American soldiers, and fostering poor fashion choices among America’s youth. Oh the humanity.

Is everyone really a Palestinian without any regard for the actions of Hamas and other organizations that support war and murder when the Covenant of the Hamas, the group's founding document, makes clear that Hamas has no intention of ever stopping the "cycle of violence." Its preamble states: "Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it." Article 7 asserts: "The Day of Judgment will not come about until Moslems fight Jews and kill them. Then, the Jews will hide behind rocks and trees, and the rocks and trees will cry out: 'O Moslem, there is a Jew hiding behind me, come and kill him.' " And Article 13 says: "So-called peaceful solutions and international conferences are in contradiction to the principles of the Islamic Resistance Movement. . . . There is no solution for the Palestinian problem except by Jihad." THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO PEACE. THIS IS NOT THE WAY OF S.Odamninsane. HEAL. REFLECT.

Once Again, Pittsburgh must heal and reflect. For this reason, Friday April 2, 2004 has been declared S.Odamninsane Day of Healing and Reflection – Reloaded : One Year In The War Against Bad Fashion, Ill Manners, and White People Sporting Dreadlocks. Please join me and others in Dahntahn Picksburgh to rally for these noble efforts. We will have time to reflect upon our presentation of our ideas in a civilized society and respect for cultures different from our own. We can reflect on the cost of our civil liberties. We will reflect on the societal assault on the rights and freedoms of other cultures and our personal obligations to confront tyranny wherever it may raise its ugly greasy haired, ill-coifed noggin. We will consider why it is that shooting a young Palestinian laden with an explosive bomb belt before he may make it to his intended target is not considered assisted suicide.

We will also have the opportunity to heal the wounds that the selfish American persona that feds the so called Anti-War movement has caused in our society. We will consider why a 1.9 cent increase in the price of gasoline in America is considered a far more important issue than the liberation of the women and children from Baathist tyranny. We will consider how The group that sponsors the “anti-war” protests in America, International A.S.W.E.R., is evil, not just clueless, and as a front for the Stalinist Workers World Party, is engaging in outright sedition. We will consider this quote from an Answer pamphlet: "The anti-war movement here and around the world must give its unconditional support to the Iraqi anti-colonial resistance"-- that mean the guerrillas and terrorists who've been blowing up American servicemen, Iraqi civilians and international do-gooders. Yet International Answer uses this murder of our troops, actions which it supports, to politicize the debate and support for an immediate withdraw of American troops, to leave the Iraqi people to suffer further at the hands of despotic Muslim factions.

Join me in this day of peace. In this day of reflection. In this day of good manners, pleasant discuss, and tasty chocolate desserts, wine and lovely roses. Join me for the multiple sit ins which will be organized until the demands of S.Odamninsane are realized. After the rally on Grant Street we will all progress to sit in locations at Mellon Park, The Concourse at USX Tower, Point State Park, Stonehedge-On-The-Mon (better known as that pleasant little space with the rocks that spout water next to Melon (oh excuse me) Citizens Bank Tower), Oxford Center (or Centre), and various establishments of libation and social intercourse throughout the Land of Smurphy, our little ‘Burgh. THIS IS A CALL TO ACTION.

OH Yeah ---- LET’S GO PITT !!!!! Thank you for your support.

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