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Wed, Apr 18 2007

A Silent Vigil…

One Day Blog SilenceWe’re all struggling with the events shootings at Virginia Tech Monday. One approach has been a call for a silent vigil in the blogosphere Monday, April 30. Lorelle VanFossen announced the move and followed up with a moving account of her experience in Israel.

Among freelance writers there is some sense and a lot of confusion about Cho Seung-Hui’s writing. How is violent writing to be interpreted?

In the larger sense, many of us find ourselves also reacting to violence in general, in Iraq, in the drive-by-shootings in ghettos in the U.S. and everywhere around the world.

My personal response has been some prayer and meditation and a sense I need to work harder to promote a Department of Peace in this country. My feeling is such a cabinet position would at least offer an alternative, and perhaps a counter balance to violence in my country.

Write well and often,
Anne Wayman, peace worker
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  1. Trackback
    1844 days ago
    The Golden Pencil: The Freelance Writer’s Resource » On The Subject Of Blog Silence

    [...] April 18th I posted the possibility of a silent vigil sparked by OneDayBlogSilence.com. After some agonizing I’ve decided not to be totally silent [...]

  2. By Anne

    Hi, will post it on both of my blogs.

    Anne

    http://www.radiofreedomcanada.blogspot.com

  3. Trackback
    1855 days ago
    The Buzz Bin » Blog Archive » Enough, Let Virginia Tech Mourn In Peace

    [...] Buzz Bin will not publish on April 30 as part of the blogosphere wide Silent Vigil in memorium of those who lost their lives. del.icio.us: Save This [...]