| The Conscientious Objector |
| : A person unwilling to participate in military involvement due to moral conflict : |
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| Suspicion State America, Spring 2003 by: Jade Mandolin The difference has been felt. A careless comment reverberates through all. Quick glances are made. Lips licked. Lids blink. The heart races, confident in its mistake. Or the fact it will be mistaken. The happenstance of a moment. And the myriad of things therein: Life, emotion, distraction. Can evoke a 'knowledge' so sure. Judgement becomes reaction. There is a right and a wrong answer. There is a right action and a wrong one. If you hadn't figured this out by now... That's your own fault; we have little tolerance. Today. |
| A Start by: Jade Mandolin A celebration of a moment... space and time inhaled... and breathed out a baby. Born again today... born eternal every day... from that moment forth or past. A celebration of this life... a shell with a life force breath... and the lives that compound in this existence. Unite tonight and dance... Hug your brother and laugh... Through good--fight bad. With life, Mother gives one a chance. To find solid ground, and embark on this challenge. |
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