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Thursday, September 21, 2006
City Vigilers
Three vigilers from our Women in Black group traveled into Denver today to stand in solidarity with the downtown group on this International Day of Peace. Before the war began, I stood with the downtown group, because I was taking an art class nearby on Thursdays, so I could feed two birds with one pile of birdseed, but once the class was done, driving into downtown Denver during rush hour and using up gas for the sole purpose of standing for an hour just hasn't made sense.
The flavors are different in downtown - much more foot traffic and more variety of people and vehicles (99% of the vehicles in Denver are not SUV's, like they are in the burbs).
Today, I noticed a big difference in the responses of the drivers compared to pre-war vigiling there. During the build-up to the war, we experienced a lot of support and a good chunk of opposition. People now are much more subdued, and we received less attention. Kinda like the burbs. Here I thought it was something about the people out here, but it appears to me that many people have given up and gone back to the issues that are in their faces, since the occupation of Iraq doesn't affect them directly, and they don't want to be constantly reminded of it.
Tonight, I am tired, and wishing that I could be one of those people who just watched television, had fun, and didn't know or care about what our country is doing.
But I can't do that.
The flavors are different in downtown - much more foot traffic and more variety of people and vehicles (99% of the vehicles in Denver are not SUV's, like they are in the burbs).
Today, I noticed a big difference in the responses of the drivers compared to pre-war vigiling there. During the build-up to the war, we experienced a lot of support and a good chunk of opposition. People now are much more subdued, and we received less attention. Kinda like the burbs. Here I thought it was something about the people out here, but it appears to me that many people have given up and gone back to the issues that are in their faces, since the occupation of Iraq doesn't affect them directly, and they don't want to be constantly reminded of it.
Tonight, I am tired, and wishing that I could be one of those people who just watched television, had fun, and didn't know or care about what our country is doing.
But I can't do that.
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posted by Carol at 7:35 PM
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