Voices in Conflict

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<p>Hey all,</p>

<p>I don't know if anyone here has heard about the controversy of the school play "Voices in Conflict" in Wilton Connecticut. I am an alum of the school and now attend USMMA. Basically the students wanted to put on a play about the Iraq War showing both sides. I am inbetween on where I stand, but wanted to show you, future soldiers and merchant mariners (and the parents too of course) what you are fighting for. </p>

<p>Below are a bunch of links I have compiled. </p>

<p><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=2979617&page=1%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=2979617&page=1&lt;/a>
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/24/nyregion/24drama.html?em%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/24/nyregion/24drama.html?em&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>And a website made by the students in the play. Here's the link to the media section:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.freewebs.com/voicesinconflict/media.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.freewebs.com/voicesinconflict/media.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Remember back in the good ol' days when America fought wars like it meant it?</p>

<p>Americans actually rooted for AMERICA.</p>

<p>Journalists actually reported AMERICANS as the GOOD GUYS.</p>

<p>Folks at home went without any number of conveniences so the troops could be supplied with all they needed.</p>

<p>Congress didn't line defense-spending bills with pork.</p>

<p>Kids ran rubber drives, steel drives, copper drives, etc.</p>

<p>People who were physically disqualified from serving in the military actually committed suicide rather than face family and friends with the (unjustified) shame.</p>

<p>Now Americans protest their own country, journalists openly peddle enemy propaganda, citizens whine if American Idol is delayed by a Presidential Address, Congress cares more about votes than winning the war, kids write plays, and people rejoice in their refusal to serve.</p>

<p>My, how far we've fallen. :(</p>

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<p>*"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. </p>

<p>The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling, which thinks that nothing is worth war, is much worse. </p>

<p>The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."*</p>

<p>--John Stuart Mill</p>

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<p>But don't forget...we fight for their right to protest American Idol being delayed.</p>

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<p>True. Doesn't mean they're right when they do, though.</p>

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<p>I didnt say if they were right or wrong, just saying is all.</p>