A John Fortier Holiday Peace Vigil, 9/5/11

Dear Reader, John Fortier, A Korean War veteran, retired school teacher and peace activist held a peace vigil on the U.S.'s Labor Day. In Southern California, where his vigil was held, it was a warm sunny day in which a few hundred thousand people went to the beach for fun, the distant U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan far from their minds. But only two blocks from the beach in Redondo Beach, John set up his lawn chair, his blue "War Is Not The Answer" sign and hoisted up his green Peace Symbol flag and quietly held his vigil on Pacific Coast Highway. What follows are his words:

Hi Dick ~

Put in 1 hour yesterday, 5:15 - 6:15, and it was pretty good. A couple on bikes turned south on PCH from KH, and the guy came very close to my toes. He seemed a bit startled by my being there, and he said, "I thought you were just out here on Fridays", and I said, "It is Friday." That's when he about ran over my sandaled feet.

Gerry [?] and his little 'stand down' poodle-pooch visited for 10 or 15 minutes. Some very enthusiastic folks made the time rewarding; it doesn't take much.

I just came across, 'IMPERIAL HUBRIS', 2004, by Anonymous. There is a section called 'Precision Warfare or Shooting Muslims in a Barrel.

I understand why the author is anonymous.

See you around ~

John