http://www.solidarityandpeace.org/blog/blog6.php?disp=comments en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:59:47 +0000 Terry Buckenmeyer [Visitor] c23@http://www.solidarityandpeace.org/blog/ Editor:<br /> <br /> As one of the organizers of the event, I would like to express my appreciation of the Record's coverage. I would also like to comment about the "indigent woman" mentioned in the article. She is well known to those of us who have spent time downtown. She is a long time resident of St. Augustine who is homeless. She has become one of the the city's "non-persons" as a result of St. Augustine's desire to not be "crippled by compassion." Our event had disturbed her sleep. We offered her some of our lunch and a bottle of water when we learned she hadn't eaten. We gave her a little time to privately express her feelings. She was not escorted away, not turned over to the police and not run off. She remained for all of the speeches and helped us pack-up when we left. She is one of our citizens who has been left in the gutter (literally) by our nation's quest for wealth and military dominance. She is one of the reasons we were there. We were not angry with her nor did we pity her. We only felt sorrow that there are so many like her and even more on their way to being in her situation.<br /> <br /> Terry Buckenmeyer<br /> Veterans For Peace<br />
As one of the organizers of the event, I would like to express my appreciation of the Record's coverage. I would also like to comment about the "indigent woman" mentioned in the article. She is well known to those of us who have spent time downtown. She is a long time resident of St. Augustine who is homeless. She has become one of the the city's "non-persons" as a result of St. Augustine's desire to not be "crippled by compassion." Our event had disturbed her sleep. We offered her some of our lunch and a bottle of water when we learned she hadn't eaten. We gave her a little time to privately express her feelings. She was not escorted away, not turned over to the police and not run off. She remained for all of the speeches and helped us pack-up when we left. She is one of our citizens who has been left in the gutter (literally) by our nation's quest for wealth and military dominance. She is one of the reasons we were there. We were not angry with her nor did we pity her. We only felt sorrow that there are so many like her and even more on their way to being in her situation.

Terry Buckenmeyer
Veterans For Peace
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