tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7510706114690492409.post4809181321573667200..comments2023-09-29T06:16:34.827-05:00Comments on PoodleDoc: Is it OK for Quakers to Boo, Part 2?poodledochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08288348572641003517noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7510706114690492409.post-89769589597345443492007-05-08T09:56:00.000-05:002007-05-08T09:56:00.000-05:00Yes, I'd like to invite Tammy Baldwin to a potluck...Yes, I'd like to invite Tammy Baldwin to a potluck after Meeting sometime. I will "float" this idea amongst the community......poodledochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08288348572641003517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7510706114690492409.post-33522345146572186072007-05-07T23:40:00.000-05:002007-05-07T23:40:00.000-05:00I've been at events where it sure felt that I was ...I've been at events where it sure felt that I was the only person not standing for the Bar Strangled Spanner, and it can feel quite intimidating, in particular at sporting events and things such as fireworks displays on fourth of July. Sometimes, even people who you think would be sympathetic look at you as if you're embarassing them, and then there are the people who look as if they'd like to kick your bottom...Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04936679109203808216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7510706114690492409.post-4861083644597687922007-05-06T21:41:00.000-05:002007-05-06T21:41:00.000-05:00In a sense all the ghosts from all the wars are sp...In a sense all the ghosts from all the wars are speaking. It's just that not enough people listen.<BR/><BR/>(I've used the word pithy twice today. I feel so, so ... well read.)<BR/><BR/>So what's your plan re:Tammy Baldwin? Invite her to a potluck after Meeting?Suzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14333782408387579016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7510706114690492409.post-65522858356713307222007-05-06T20:18:00.000-05:002007-05-06T20:18:00.000-05:00I like your suggestions of things to say in crowde...I like your suggestions of things to say in crowded theaters like "Send the Bush Twins". Wish I would have thought of it. But I felt like I have on the rare occasions when I've risen to speak in Meeting. This dread, this sense that I MUST say something but it's scary. Humor is a good way to make that easier, both on the speaker and the audience. And it can get the point across more effectively.<BR/><BR/>I've thinking about the origin of the word "Boo". I think of it as what ghosts say to scare people. So what if all the ghosts of the dead from all the wars came back and said "BOOO". That would be scary.poodledochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08288348572641003517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7510706114690492409.post-58140504449419292342007-05-06T09:26:00.000-05:002007-05-06T09:26:00.000-05:00It gets pretty lonely when you're the only one doi...It gets pretty lonely when you're the only one doing it, doesn't it? At East High events, when I KNOW there are antiwar activists in the audience, when I KNOW that some of them are Quakers ... and I am STILL the only one not standing for the national anthem. The mindless herd mentality really bothers me. (Maybe I am being unfair here, but that's how I see it. When I brought it up to one Friend, she defended it by saying, she had to choose her battles, and that one didn't seem so important. I disagree. But that's where I am bullish and uncompromising ... like MY mother was.)<BR/><BR/>Silence represents a kind of complicity in my mind, and I am tired of silence. Good for you, for making noise. I wonder if, for some people, it is the fact of saying "Boo" which seems disrespectful. Maybe a pithy cheer, such as "Think for yourself!" or "Tools of a corrupt president!" or "Bring them home!" or (ooh ... I like this one) "Send the Bush twins!"<BR/><BR/>My family KNOWS I am likely to say something. "There's my mom," said Anna, when they brought "support the troops" up at the strings festival a few years ago and I yelled something. Maybe you could pre-warn your companions at these events: "I will not be standing up for the anthem. Feel free to join me."Suzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14333782408387579016noreply@blogger.com