To the Iranian people [youtube video]

[eye2i2hear]

Quote:
To the Iranian people.
To all the fathers, mothers, children, brothers and sisters. For there to be a war between us, first we must be afraid of each other, we must hate. I'm not afraid of you, I don't hate you. I don t even know you. No Iranian ever did me no harm. I never even met an Iranian...Just one in Paris in a museum. Nice dude. I see sometime here, on the TV, an Iranian. He is talking about war. I'm sure he does not represent all the people of Iran. If you see someone on your TV talking about bombing you ...be sure he does not represent all of us. I'm not an official representative of my country, but I know the streets of my town, I talk with my neighbors, my familys, my friends and in the name of all these people ...we love you. We mean you no harm. On the contrary, we want to meet, have some coffee and talk about sports. To all those who feel the same, share this message and help it reach the Iranian people-----

My name is Ronny, I'm 41 years old. I'm a father, a teacher, a Graphic Designer. I'm an Israeli citizen and I need your help. Lately, in the news, we've been hearing about a war coming while we, the people are sitting, watching like it has nothing to do with us. On March 15th, I posted a poster on Facebook. The message was simple. Iranians. We love you. We will never bomb your country. Within 24 hours, thousands of people shared the poster on Facebook, and I started receiving messages from Iran. The next day, we got featured on TV and newspapers, proving that the message was traveling. Fast. Please help us prevent this war by spreading this message.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYjuUoEivbE&feature=share

[of course one needs to only read the Comments (I quit counting after 80+ pages of 'em) to get the "other" side of the world (and we won't get into the infamous elephant "Property" in the room, aye?)]

[Dionysus]

It’s irrelevant what the commoners/livestock think. If the criminal gangs called government think it’s in their (the gang’s) best interests to go to war and murder people, that’s what they’ll do (war is a racket, after all). All the livestock has to do is be noncompliant with the gangs/owners en masse (see “A Bug’s Life”). But out of fear of the unknown, they refuse to do it (better the devil you know and all that rot). So, you have the “myth of the innocent civilian” repeating itself in an endless cycle. What a way to run a railroad. It’s extremely disgusting and offensive. If you truly want to end war, you have to abolish coercive government from the Earth. End of story.

[boyntonstu]

1939

To the German people.
To all the fathers, mothers, children, brothers and sisters. For there to be a war between us, first we must be afraid of each other, we must hate. I'm not afraid of you, I don't hate you. I don t even know you. No German ever did me no harm. I never even met an German...Just one in Paris in a museum. Nice dude. I see sometime here, on the TV, a German. He is talking about war. I'm sure he does not represent all the people of Germany. If you see someone on your TV talking about bombing you ...be sure he does not represent all of us. I'm not an official representative of my country, but I know the streets of my town, I talk with my neighbors, my familys, my friends and in the name of all these people ...we love you. We mean you no harm. On the contrary, we want to meet, have some coffee and talk about sports. To all those who feel the same, share this message and help it reach the German people-----

My name is Ronny, I'm 41 years old. I'm a father, a teacher, a Graphic Designer. I'm an British citizen and I need your help. Lately, in the news, we've been hearing about a war coming while we, the people are sitting, watching like it has nothing to do with us. On March 15th, I posted a poster on Facebook. The message was simple. Germans. We love you. We will never bomb your country. Within 24 hours, thousands of people shared the poster on Facebook, and I started receiving messages from Germany. The next day, we got featured on TV and newspapers, proving that the message was traveling. Fast. Please help us prevent this war by spreading this message.