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bbent Senior Member
since 2001-01-07
Posts 521Alaska |
Masternation Here’s to the brave who brought down Berlin’s wall, not with guns and bombs, but because they heard the call, armed with the spirit of freedom. And to the masses of the U.S.S.R., who descended on Moscow, to watch communism fall, with just the desire to be free. And again to one student, who stood up to the tanks, the world and all China, came to witness that night, the power and pathway to freedom. To fight madness with madness, only leads to the same, slowing the healing of change. Live like it's your last day... |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
bbent, and here's to the one or the many willing to move against the tide or stand alone. Good piece. Kethry Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown |
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bbent Senior Member
since 2001-01-07
Posts 521Alaska |
Thanks for taking the time to read and reply Kethry...Appreciate it. Live like it's your last day... |
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Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England |
Ray, this really holds some very good thoughts, and ones that we might do well to consider, especially right now! I was particularly drawn to the last verse...there's hope there. Exceptional... A truly happy person is one who |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
 Now you've done it, Ray. You've made me cry and smile at the very same time. I hope you write this one in the aurora. This is ab.SOUL.lutely beautiful. 'm keeping this, but will also share it with others. Thank you! |
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Henri Bardo Junior Member
since 2002-10-15
Posts 11State of suspended inanimate |
Change can be effected without violence but probably not in silence. We all need to voice as you have. |
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the_loner_23 Member Ascendant
since 2002-06-08
Posts 5479Jacksonville, Florida, USA |
Awesome write Cold hands means a warm heart |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." Those words were not a plea by a man armed only with the spirit of freedom. They were orders from a victorious leader to a foe vanquished by force of arms -- the best possible force, which is exerted without resorting to their use. That enemy had sworn, in so many words, to bury us, but instead bankrupted itself in trying to create the weapons to defeat a nation that again and again demonstrated its willingness to arm for -- and repel -- any attack. The nation determined to master all others was itself mastered by a nation that was peaceful but prepared to defend the spirit of freedom. I remember that student, crushed to jelly by the tank, thousands of his fellows rounded up, each shot through the head, families forced to buy the bullet that murdered their child. The bloody handed rulers who did that are now stronger than ever, and determined, as was the USSR, to master us. We in turn, are weaker, less resolute. One does not fight madness with madness. One fights it by making the deeds of madness impossible. Only then is there a chance of healing. ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> ______________Ratleader______________ [This message has been edited by Ratleader (02-09-2003 12:47 PM).] |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
Well done, real courage portrayed so well. ThisDiamond |
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bbent Senior Member
since 2001-01-07
Posts 521Alaska |
Thanks all...appreciate and respect each opinion. Live like it's your last day... |
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