today's peace rally

today marked 2 years since the beginning of the war in iraq. through 'move-on.org', i found out about a rally to protest the war and to remember the 1500+ soldiers who have died in iraq. this local protest was organized by the peoria peace network.

there i read some clever signs in protest of the war:

1. how many lives per gallon?
2. who would jesus bomb?
3. wwjd
4. an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind - ghandi
5. religion kills (this one was held by a self-proclaimed atheist)

it's weird how people all phrase their protests differently, from a different point of view. i could see what the atheist meant, but i knew that people passing who were against the war might be offended by that sign. religion was used to justify that war, as was fear of iraq's "wmd's".

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i saw a few people i'd known before: a former teacher at woodrow wilson, a speech pathologist for the district, volunteer workers at global village, and a former counselor from bradley's wellness center. i had no idea all these people would be there, or that they had such strong beliefs when i had talked to them in the past.

it was a good feeling, to be around people like that. we went to someone's house after an hour, and we had veggie soup and other treats...