Bodies Against The War 2008

Warning

This video may contain images depicting the reality and horror of war/violence and should only be viewed by a mature audience.

Video from http://www.youtube.com/user/freakoverdose

by Juliea

This is one of the coolest things I’ve ever done in my life. It started with an idea I had and evolved into a very successful, moving event that changed my life and proved to me that ANYONE can absolutely make an impact or a difference if they so choose to.

Thanks to everyone who participated, I can never fully express in words what your presence meant to me that day.

Here is the video that we created that day - please watch and re post wherever possible. That day was not just for us, and it was not just that day - thanks to the Internet we can show the world what we did and our message can resonate with many more than the over 200 people that showed up and witnessed the awesome demonstration. As I type this this video has been viewed over 700 times - more than three times the people that came and laid down that day. Let’s keep it going.

THE SPEECH

The people who have gathered here today are from all backgrounds. From the business owner to the unemployed. From every spectrum of the rainbow, to every sexuality, spirituality and morality. Young, old, from near and far. We are beyond labels. We are Americans that have gathered here for one purpose. To lay our bodies down before the City of Grand Rapids to demonstrate our dissent for a war and a society lifestyle that has claimed far too many lives and has gone on for far too long. We are here to honor the 133,241 men, women and children who have lost their lives, and the millions more effected by the loss throughout the world. We are here to remember not only our own people, but the soldiers from around the world – and the innocent Iraqi citizens who have unfortunately fallen prey to American politics. We are here to appeal to humanity that the need to awaken and begin to make peace and prosperity our only priority is now. This is not about liberal and conservative, this is about neighborhoods, people’s lives, society as a whole. We must look out for each others best interest in order to achieve peace.

We are here to demand a better future for ourselves, for our children and for everyone else on this planet. We believe that all human life is valuable and that all are deserving of a life of peace and free will. We believe that if there is no leadership capable of solving problems without resorting to violence, then there is no leadership. And, if there is no leadership, then we must lead. We must be responsible for creating a life of peace if no one else will. This is OUR country. This is OUR world. No one person is above or below another, and it’s time that we learn from our violent past and find a peaceful solution for today and forever.

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