Fwd: rice for peace [HAPP-L]

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Subject: Fwd: rice for peace [HAPP-L] 
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Hi everyone,

this was passed to me from a friend in tenessee who,
says she thinks this is legit and
knows about such things.  I like the image of the rice.
In any event rice is a symbol of fertility---who knows?
maybe with all the rice in the Whitehouse mail room
G.W. will sprout some brain cells.

Christine



> rice for peace.  i've looked it up, this is a real
> legitimate action being performed by lots of people.
> the story about eisenhower may or may not be true, but
> right now, folks are sending rice to DC for peace.
> its good sentiment, pass it around if you like,
> peace,  coree
>
> There is a grassroots campaign underway to protest war
> >in Iraq in a simple, but potentially powerful way.
> >
> >   Place 1/2 cup uncooked rice in a small plastic bag
> >(a snack-size bag or  sandwich bag work fine).
> >Squeeze out excess air and  seal the bag.  Wrap it in
> >a piece of paper on which you have written, "If your
> >enemies are hungry, feed them."  Romans 12:20.
> Please
> >send this rice to the people of Iraq; do not attack
> >them."
> >
> >Place the paper and bag of rice in an envelope
> (either
> >a letter-sized or padded mailing envelope--both are
> >the same cost to mail) and address them to:
> >
> >   President George Bush
> >   White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
> >   Washington, DC 20500
> >
> >   Attach $1.06 in postage.  (Three 37-cent stamps
> >equal $1.11.)
> >
> >   Drop this in the mail TODAY.  It is important to
> act
> >NOW so that President Bush gets the letters ASAP,
> >preferably before the report from the inspectors
> comes
> >out on the 27th.
> >
> >   In order for this protest to be effective, there
> >must be hundreds of thousands of such rice deliveries
> >to the White House.  We can do this if you each
> >forward this message to your friends and family.
> >
> >   There is a positive history of this protest!  In
> the
> >1950s, Fellowship of Reconciliation began a similar
> >protest, which is credited with influencing
> >President Eisenhower against attacking China.  Read
> >on:
> >
> >    "In the mid-1950s, the pacifist Fellowship of
> >Reconciliation, learning of famine in the Chinese
> >mainland, launched a 'Feed Thine Enemy' campaign.
> >Members and friends mailed thousands of little bags
> >of rice to the White House with a tag quoting the
> >Bible, "If thine enemy hunger, feed him."
> >
> >As far as anyone knew for more than ten years, the
> >campaign was an abject failure.  The President did
> not
> >acknowledge receipt of the bags publicly; certainly,
> >no rice was ever sent to China.
> >
> >"What nonviolent activists only learned a decade
> later
> >was that the campaign played a significant, perhaps
> >even determining role in preventing nuclear war.
> >Twice while the campaign was on, President
> >Eisenhower met with the Joint Chiefs of Staff to
> >consider U.S. options in the conflict with China over
> >two islands, Quemoy and Matsu.  The generals twice
> >recommended the use of nuclear weapons.  President
> >Eisenhower each time turned to his aide and asked how
> >many little bags of rice had come in.  When told they
> >numbered in the tens of thousands, Eisenhower told
> the
> >generals that as long as so many Americans were
> >expressing active interest in having the U.S. feed
> the
> >Chinese, he certainly wasn't going to consider using
> >nuclear weapons against them."
> >
> >   From:  People Power:  Applying Nonviolence Theory
> by
> >David H. Albert,p. 43, New Society, 19.
> >
>
>
>
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