Spots on the lawn
Mar. 20th, 2006 07:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
zalenaSo I had weird dreams about anti-war protests last night, sparked, not doubt, by The Fog of War. Leila and I were meeting in Washington for some reason. I'd sent out an email about where I was going to be, as well as some rumination about conscience. We kept running into people on the streets, including childhood playmates like Bruce and Dan.
Bruce (whose a deeply conservative policeman) was also upset by what he was seeing happening, though he was very uncomfortable with the political climate. Dan came, I think, to see me. We were in the middle of a rather intense conversation about priorities when I woke up.
The lawns were being prepared for people who planned to burn themselves. Apparently, the grounds keepers were tired of finding blackened spots on the lawn and were spraying some anti-inflammatory, so the lawns would be undamaged even if the people followed through.
"Don't think they'll back down. These people are prepared to go through with it," Leila said.
"But what are they hoping to achieve?" I asked. "They are against the War, but they need to focus on a positive outcome. Shouldn't they start with something achievable, like insert name of government official releasing list of information that is available to the public in an ordinary democracy, but was being witheld in this situation.
This part of the dream was probably sparked by a discussion last night with my mother about teen civil disobedience.
I must be wired for intensity. It's the only answer of why I can't even SLEEP without grappling with this stuff.
Bruce (whose a deeply conservative policeman) was also upset by what he was seeing happening, though he was very uncomfortable with the political climate. Dan came, I think, to see me. We were in the middle of a rather intense conversation about priorities when I woke up.
The lawns were being prepared for people who planned to burn themselves. Apparently, the grounds keepers were tired of finding blackened spots on the lawn and were spraying some anti-inflammatory, so the lawns would be undamaged even if the people followed through.
"Don't think they'll back down. These people are prepared to go through with it," Leila said.
"But what are they hoping to achieve?" I asked. "They are against the War, but they need to focus on a positive outcome. Shouldn't they start with something achievable, like insert name of government official releasing list of information that is available to the public in an ordinary democracy, but was being witheld in this situation.
This part of the dream was probably sparked by a discussion last night with my mother about teen civil disobedience.
I must be wired for intensity. It's the only answer of why I can't even SLEEP without grappling with this stuff.
