{"id":2047,"date":"2008-01-31T07:59:53","date_gmt":"2008-01-31T12:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=2047"},"modified":"2008-01-31T07:59:53","modified_gmt":"2008-01-31T12:59:53","slug":"they-have-a-pledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=2047","title":{"rendered":"They Have a <i>Pledge<\/i>?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, that changes everything!<\/p>\n<p>The Republican Convention is going to draw scads of protesters.\u00a0 Bully for them.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also going to draw scads of arrested (figuratively) adolescents who intend on creating mayhem.\u00a0 Some of them have been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=739\">saying in public<\/a> that their intention is to &#8220;shut down Saint Paul&#8221; and &#8220;stop the convention&#8221; and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=712\">harass delegates outside the convention<\/a> and generally cause mayhem.\u00a0 And while I&#8217;m willing to write 90% of it off to vainglorious adolescent posturing, rumor has it that it&#8217;d be naive to assume that it <em>all <\/em>is. Very, very naive.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, Grace Kelly rides to the rescue.\u00a0 Kelly &#8211; a Saint Paul area 9\/11 Truther and DFL spear-carrier &#8211; writes for MNBlue, a blog that lost last year&#8217;s &#8220;Unintentionally Funniest Leftyblog Contest&#8221; only because I didn&#8217;t allow myself to vote 200 times a day &#8211; <a href=\" http:\/\/mnblue.com\/node\/1077\">submits a pledge<\/a> for your approval:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I propose that everyone involved in the peace parades and peace protests at Republican National Convention (RNC) use the same pledge as the School of the Americas vigil in Georgia. <font color=\"blue\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dd><font color=\"blue\">We will gather together in a manner that reflects the world we choose to create. <\/font><font color=\"blue\">We will promote an alternative to domination systems by acting with love, respect, mutuality, compassion and acceptance for the interdependence of all life.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"blue\">We will struggle for a world free from violence, and we will use<br \/>\nactions, words and symbols consistent with this struggle.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"blue\">We will not use or instigate violence against any person.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"blue\">We will act with respect for the people and property of the local community.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"blue\">We will promote the safety of ourselves and others through our<br \/>\nactions and interactions.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"blue\">We commit to recognize and to work to dismantle all forms of<br \/>\noppression in our personal relationships, local neighborhoods, globally and with Earth itself.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"blue\">We will return to our communities with renewed energy to create the peace.(<a href=\"http:\/\/mnblue.com\/node\/%3Cbr%20\/%3Ehttp:\/\/www.soaw.org\/print_article.php?id=339\">Retyped from a physical copy<\/a>) <\/font><\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>One minor change is in pledge to ensure relevance , the phrase &#8220;to close the SOA\/WHINSEC&#8221; is changed to the more generic &#8220;to create peace&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>An alternative is the Pledge to Nonviolence. that all marchers in Birmingham had to sign, before participating in the marches:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Oh, have no fear; since the various Tic factions resemble the Peoples Front of Judea sketch, Kelly actually submits about forty different options for pledges, delving into the semiotics of each in a way that sjdaksd kl,ml;ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff<br \/>\nfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff<br \/>\nffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff<br \/>\nffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff<br \/>\nffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff<br \/>\nffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff<br \/>\nffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff<br \/>\nffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff<br \/>\nffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff<br \/>\nffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff<br \/>\nffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff<br \/>\nffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff<br \/>\nffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff<br \/>\nffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff<br \/>\nffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff<br \/>\nffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff<br \/>\nffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff<br \/>\nffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff<br \/>\nffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff<br \/>\nffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff<br \/>\nffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff<br \/>\nffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff<br \/>\nffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff<br \/>\nffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff<br \/>\nffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff<br \/>\nffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff<br \/>\nffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff<br \/>\nffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff<br \/>\nffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff<\/p>\n<p>Oh, crap.\u00a0 I&#8217;m sorry.\u00a0 I nodded off.\u00a0 Where was I?<\/p>\n<p>Pledges.\u00a0 While Kelly (have I mentioned she&#8217;s a 9\/11 Truther?) does give a small pile of options for pledges to give out, she neglects to tell us how she&#8217;s going to get the Black Bloc, the &#8220;Youth Against War&#8221;, and the other groups that <em>have <\/em>reported dedicated themselves to mayhem and violence to take, and follow, them.<\/p>\n<p>Note to all you lefties; we <em>know <\/em>most of you aren&#8217;t going to cause any problems, pledge or no.\u00a0 It&#8217;s all those &#8220;people&#8221; who travel <em>with <\/em>you that we&#8217;re watching.<\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, that changes everything! The Republican Convention is going to draw scads of protesters.\u00a0 Bully for them. It&#8217;s also going to draw scads of arrested (figuratively) adolescents who intend on creating mayhem.\u00a0 Some of them have been saying in public that their intention is to &#8220;shut down Saint Paul&#8221; and &#8220;stop the convention&#8221; and harass [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,42,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-convention-08","category-days-of-adolescent-rage","category-st-paul"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2047\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}