Duffasburg
20-12-2005, 21:59
yup. talk about the Soviet Union; the evil empire.
you don't know if your neighbor is a spy for the gov't
or not.
This morning I tried calling 1(800) CALL-SPY, the US
Department of Defense (sic) hotline featured this week
on NBC news for citizens to report “suspicious
activities” of their neighbors to military
authorities. My intention this morning was to report
that I had heard a rumor of a most suspicious
activity, that is that the Defense Department is
illegally keeping a database on the “suspicious
activities” of citizens engaged in nonviolent protest
of crimes committed by the Defense Department.
Imagine my disappointment when my call did not go
through but was answered with an automated voice
telling me that 1 (800) CALL-SPY’s memory was full!
Upon reflection, though, my personal frustration and
concern for the national security gave way to
satisfaction that others, like myself, who had just
heard about the hotline from the media were exercising
their civic duty by reporting suspicious activities to
the proper authorities.
I will try my call again on Monday and will endeavor
to call 1(800) CALL-SPY whenever I see or hear of a
suspicious activity and encourage all good citizens to
do the same. In these and frightening crucial times a
day does not go by when a citizen does not witness or
hear of “suspicious activity” that may be related to
terrorism and these should all be reported
A few examples of suspicious activities to report: Men
in uniform are seen hanging around your local high
school handing out pencils and key chains, telling
lies and promising bribes of “cash bonuses” to recruit
students for wars of aggression- call 1(800) CALL-SPY.
The President of the United States is reported to
admit that he ordered the invasion of a sovereign
nation based on faulty intelligence, killing 30,000 of
that country’s inhabitants- call 1(800) CALL-SPY.
Your congress representative voted against banning the
use of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of
detainees in US custody- report him/her to 1(800)
CALL-SPY. It comes to your attention that banned
weapons of mass destruction are being planned,
produced or stored at a nearby military or industrial
site- call 1(800) CALL-SPY. Your local police do not
allow you to hold a sign on a public street but shunt
you off to an innocuous, out of sight “free speech
zone-” call 1(800) CALL-SPY to report this attack on
the constitution. The vigilant citizen could easily
make reporting to 1(800) CALL-SPY a daily chore.
When news broke that protests our group in the Midwest
have acted out at Offutt Air Force Base made the cut
as a “credible threat” in the Defense Department’s
list, we heard from organizers of other efforts around
the country complaining that their nonviolent protest
activities are every bit as suspicious and threatening
as ours and deserve to be mentioned too. We who
aspire to nonviolence should rise above such petty
envy and jealousy, but the point is well taken. Rather
than grumble ineffectively to those lucky ones who
made the list, however, I would suggest to these
disgruntled activists that they call in their own
“suspicious activities” to 1(800) CALL-SPY. In fact,
if we all call 1(800) CALL-SPY every time we
participate in a protest against the war, we would be
sure that our protest is not ignored. Readers of
Orwell know that in a true totalitarian state, the
good citizen always informs on oneself.
Peace activists regularly calling the hotline would be
making a classic Gandhian gesture of nonviolence,
reaching out and communicating with those with whom we
disagree. We would be informing the Defense Department
that we are concerned about the danger of terrorism
and willing to cooperate with them for the common
good.
Do your part! Call 1(800) CALL-SPY and call often!
Pass the word….
you don't know if your neighbor is a spy for the gov't
or not.
This morning I tried calling 1(800) CALL-SPY, the US
Department of Defense (sic) hotline featured this week
on NBC news for citizens to report “suspicious
activities” of their neighbors to military
authorities. My intention this morning was to report
that I had heard a rumor of a most suspicious
activity, that is that the Defense Department is
illegally keeping a database on the “suspicious
activities” of citizens engaged in nonviolent protest
of crimes committed by the Defense Department.
Imagine my disappointment when my call did not go
through but was answered with an automated voice
telling me that 1 (800) CALL-SPY’s memory was full!
Upon reflection, though, my personal frustration and
concern for the national security gave way to
satisfaction that others, like myself, who had just
heard about the hotline from the media were exercising
their civic duty by reporting suspicious activities to
the proper authorities.
I will try my call again on Monday and will endeavor
to call 1(800) CALL-SPY whenever I see or hear of a
suspicious activity and encourage all good citizens to
do the same. In these and frightening crucial times a
day does not go by when a citizen does not witness or
hear of “suspicious activity” that may be related to
terrorism and these should all be reported
A few examples of suspicious activities to report: Men
in uniform are seen hanging around your local high
school handing out pencils and key chains, telling
lies and promising bribes of “cash bonuses” to recruit
students for wars of aggression- call 1(800) CALL-SPY.
The President of the United States is reported to
admit that he ordered the invasion of a sovereign
nation based on faulty intelligence, killing 30,000 of
that country’s inhabitants- call 1(800) CALL-SPY.
Your congress representative voted against banning the
use of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of
detainees in US custody- report him/her to 1(800)
CALL-SPY. It comes to your attention that banned
weapons of mass destruction are being planned,
produced or stored at a nearby military or industrial
site- call 1(800) CALL-SPY. Your local police do not
allow you to hold a sign on a public street but shunt
you off to an innocuous, out of sight “free speech
zone-” call 1(800) CALL-SPY to report this attack on
the constitution. The vigilant citizen could easily
make reporting to 1(800) CALL-SPY a daily chore.
When news broke that protests our group in the Midwest
have acted out at Offutt Air Force Base made the cut
as a “credible threat” in the Defense Department’s
list, we heard from organizers of other efforts around
the country complaining that their nonviolent protest
activities are every bit as suspicious and threatening
as ours and deserve to be mentioned too. We who
aspire to nonviolence should rise above such petty
envy and jealousy, but the point is well taken. Rather
than grumble ineffectively to those lucky ones who
made the list, however, I would suggest to these
disgruntled activists that they call in their own
“suspicious activities” to 1(800) CALL-SPY. In fact,
if we all call 1(800) CALL-SPY every time we
participate in a protest against the war, we would be
sure that our protest is not ignored. Readers of
Orwell know that in a true totalitarian state, the
good citizen always informs on oneself.
Peace activists regularly calling the hotline would be
making a classic Gandhian gesture of nonviolence,
reaching out and communicating with those with whom we
disagree. We would be informing the Defense Department
that we are concerned about the danger of terrorism
and willing to cooperate with them for the common
good.
Do your part! Call 1(800) CALL-SPY and call often!
Pass the word….