really do aid any causes?

Do these actions really make a difference in the end to our elective leaders, and other gov't agencies...

I am wondering if all our energies sent out during these times really mean anything...or is there more strength in a letter writing campaign to the right sources?

Is the pen really mightier then the sword...

I was told once that letter writing counts but if you send in a petition no matter how many names are written on it, and what the cause is, a petition really isn't looked at except considered one letter...does anyone know if this is true?

Have rallies and Protest Marches really make any difference?

Does anyone know

I do know Shirley has been politically active for causes, and that she has come out as a fellow peer told me she saw her a number of times with Bella Abzug in The Bronx...but what do people here think or know?

Any favourable or unfavourable feedback will be appreciated...


Azure
Eloise/2005

...hot, hot sizzling hot...so hot you can fry an egg on a rock...

Johnson, it is said, supposedly looked out the window of the White House and when he saw the multitude of protesters, he decided not to run for re-election and to begin the withdrawal of American troops in Vietnam. It's working in California with the Governator
who has rescinded some of his budget cuts because of the many disabled groups and teachers' groups who camp out on his doorstep. Protests and/or peace demonstrations also empower people not to give up hope and to draw comfort from likeminded citizens. Demonstrations also have an impact on the local congressmen who depend on the people for re-election.



* * * * Invite your muse in for a spot of tea.

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"There is in every true woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity." --Washington Irving

I am paraphrasing a quote that you can purchase at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's bookstore, on book bags, t-shirts, and postcards:

"Never doubt the ability of a community working together in large numbers to change the world. In fact, it is the only thing that can."

I don't have the exact wording, but that's the answer to your question my friend. People who band together to protest something usually end up contributing to positive change--in our society, and in others. Look at the 1960's and you'll find that many protests led to better things.

Perhaps now people are immune to such things, but in my heart of hearts, I feel that's the only way to get anything accomplished. One voice will most likely be drowned out. But 10,000 voices cannot be ignored.

Love, Becky
"What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls a butterfly." --Richard Bach

Protests bring attention and information to the attention of people in ways that letters and other mediums wouldn't.


Th'goddess~!