tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617178309409190519.post8998706470869856021..comments2012-03-02T11:33:07.067-05:00Comments on Franklin, Ink: Doing Our Part to Restore Sanity and/or FearTom M Franklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05168232678401202091noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617178309409190519.post-70182426827355844502010-11-07T01:41:37.900-04:002010-11-07T01:41:37.900-04:00Wow, this looks like it was so much fun. I wish I&...Wow, this looks like it was so much fun. I wish I'd been there--what a time to have been living abroad instead of home in D.C.<br /><br />Thanks for this report of the event--so awesome to get a firsthand account!Meagan Spoonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15881408113410657709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617178309409190519.post-52457042234536958012010-11-05T23:10:39.657-04:002010-11-05T23:10:39.657-04:00"If we amplify everything, we hear nothing.&q..."If we amplify everything, we hear nothing." Jon Stewart has joined the ranks of immortal American aphorists. Thanks for this post. It gave me a picture of an event that (so far as I know) was grossly underreported. I was on the Mall for the huge May 1970 antiwar rally, which was in its own way an important stepping-stone, but I'm not sure it was as important as this: a declaration of the need for civility and rational discourse. The world, not just the country, is in the balance.Paul Betzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12306447177609992913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617178309409190519.post-27419213719885095892010-11-05T22:06:03.416-04:002010-11-05T22:06:03.416-04:00Amazing post, Tom. This reminded me of a story abo...Amazing post, Tom. This reminded me of a story about Mother Teresa--she refused to attend the many anti-war rallies she was invited to, but said if someone held a peace rally, she'd be there. I live in Colorado which was a crazy place to be for mid-term elections, and I saw some major ugliness come out in my neighbors when 'their guy' didn't win. <br /><br />It's sometimes hard to get others to realize that we're all on the same team, and that's what was so great about the Restore Sanity rally. Thanks for sharing this. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05255908019822363456noreply@blogger.com