A Season for Nonviolence: 2012 at K-State

Walk a Path of Peace.

A Season for Nonviolence 2012: The anniversaries of the assassinations of Mahatma Gandhi (January 30) and Dr. Martin Luther King (April 4) mark the bookends of the 64 days of the Season for Nonviolence. Find out more at the beautiful National Site: http://www.nonviolenceworks.com/




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A Season for Nonviolence began in Los Angeles, inspired by the 50th memorial anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi (January 30, 1998) and the 30th memorial anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (April 4, 1998). At that time, task forces in 111 U.S. cities and 10 countries formed a network to nurture the spirit of nonviolence in our communities and to demonstrate that every individual can move the world in the direction of peace through their nonviolent choice and action. That network continues to grow. A Season for Nonviolence is currently in its 14th Season.

Kansas State University Nonviolence: HERE

 Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. ……Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  The ultimate measure of a person is not where one stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where one stands in times of challenge and controversy. … Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.   Right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant…      Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him…    ……   Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.             Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny…. www.k-state.edu/womenscenter/     Peace is not merely a distant goal we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal…  ……Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  As you press on for justice, be sure to move with dignity and discipline, using only the weapon of love. Let no man pull you so low as to hate him….……

  

Pictures of Ann Coulter, Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, Glenn Beck, Keith Olbermann, Sarah Palin, George Bush, lawrence o'donnell, Joe Biden, Dick Cheney, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Donna Brazile, Rush Limbaugh, George Will, Nancy Pelosi, Arianna Huffington

I recently image googled some popular politicians and pundits, and was rather surprised to find a difference in the number of images which had been photoshopped, altered, or smutted up. There seems to be a difference depending on certain factors. More research required... I am interested in anyone's opinion on this. I will not mention what i found;
you must do it yourself. If your search is set on "no filter" you might notice a slightly different set of pics than if set on moderate. That is, the folks whose heads have been put on certain types of bodies
(s and m outfits) may or may not not show if you have your searches somewhat filtered.
but it works either way.

Our Office promotes nonviolence. Keeping a calm, pleasant, courteous interaction when when speaking with an insane ignorant ass---just kidding, you know me...
when when speaking with someone who is WHOLLY
uninformed, wrong, misinformed,
suffering from delusions, out of their mind--oops there i go again.--

it is hard to remain peaceful.

can't we all just get along- hah!

I will give you that. Even when a person is sincere in their beliefs, i find that others who disagree are ready to fight and argue in a most unkind way.

Folks who would be kind, forgiving, charming, polite, sweet to natives who are throwing babies into the volcano in order to have an abundant harvest are filled with teeth-gnashing vitriol when finding out a neighbor differs with them on financial, religious, or health care issues.

don't believe
 anything you see.
anything can be photoshopped!

 

Some earlier pictures and

related ponderings about the violence potential of 

our humor HERE and HERE

these
next two photos were found when i put George Will in Search, had to laugh!
and the POW pic of McCain always makes me think of my father in Nam.

My ponderment is in
looking at the factors that contribute to certain populations acting in certain ways.
My own thought is that civility and  nonviolent, honorable behavior will always win out. If one wants power, if one wants to persuade, if one wants to win, in the end; meanness and nastiness will not help.
Will Not Help. find something else to artfully photoshop. like alfalfa buckwill.

pow mccain recovering from torture

the real santa

And of Course, BatBoy- no proof has EVER been offered

that this was photoshopped.

I am going to look a little further into this and ponder who does what to photos on the net, and why.