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A little back ground,
Since it looks like there may be reason to think massive protests could again be launched all over America, there has been some research being done at the moof hut into what people in the past have done in order to bring pressure to a situation and focus on a cause.
It looks like it would require the most massive & strongest possible types of protest to have any impact.
So the research stated with those that paid the ultimate price.
It was surprising to find so little information on people that had gone to such extremes to make their point.
The monks in Vietnam that set themselves on fire in protest inspired several people in America to do the same thing during the late 60s.
The tradition was continued when bush1 started the first gulf war.
There is almost no information on the people that gave their lives in protest back in 1990/91 and if anyone can find the name of the third and possibly last person to do it on Feb.18, 1991, you are better at googling and research than moof.
A couple moof threads about it got next to nothing in response. ===========================
Now the point of this thread.
Don't go off the deep end here, no one is saying or expecting anyone to do anything about any sort of tribute to any of these protesters.
The question is simply this, and the Vietnam war is being used because more lives were at stake at the time of the protest.
The 58 thousand people that ended up with their names on the Vietnam wall were more than deserving of any and all honors and recognition and there is nothing moof would not do to bring back any one of them. The vast majority of them it is assumed went to Vietnam hoping to return to America and resume their lives.
The eight people (if thats all there were) that gave their lives in protest of that war and in hopes of drawing enough attention to the war that people would demand that the killing be stopped. They gave their lives knowing and willing to never have a chance to resume their lives in hopes that as it turns out that 25 thousand of the names on the wall might not have been there. Not to mention all the humans that were killed because they lived in Vietnam.
Shouldn't there be some recognition somewhere about the sacrifice of these people ?
If nothing else shouldn't their names and information about their protest event be a matter of public record that is accessable to the masses like the internet ? It appears now that there is at least one unknown protester and it is really crummy that this guys name is not even on file where people in research could easily access it.
No disrespect meant to any of those that served fought were injured or killed but it does seem that on some level these protesters were trying to save lives and make the world a better place & they have been for the most part erased from American history.
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