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Showing posts with label Mahatma Gandhi Statue. Show all posts
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Friday, April 2, 2010

WEEKEND REFLECTIONS - Gandhi always remembered in Union Square, NYC


ALAS, NOT EVERYTHING HE HAS SAID, IS -



(See Saturday's shake the pillow day below - it was not exactly non-violent!)

                               Sculptor: K.B.PATEL - India                                         The pink Magnolia


"The future depends on what we do in the present" - Gandhi 1869-1948

 A simple common sense quotation to think about but, evidently, so difficult to grasp and be understood by military chiefs of warfare when defensive and offensive options present themselves.  
I am reminded of Brenda Bryant's Acrostic post called CHEMICAL WARFARE (April 1) this week at 




I was told by a NYPD Community Services cop that this takes place in Union Square every year as a protest against the war. This year they have a permit!  For the past 15 years it has been a spontaneous event.


    

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