The Time for Peace is Now

I went to a demonstration for peace in Lebanon yesterday (to clarify: the peace is to be in Lebanon- and Israel- but the demo was in Montreal, starting from Parc Lafontaine). It was much larger than the last one I was at- tens of thousands of people were there. It was great weather for a demo- blue skies & sunshine.

I had mixed feelings about some of the chants, especially since there were supporters of Hezbollah in the crowd who had their own chants equating Hezbollah with resistance (for more on that, see http://in-carcom.blogspot.com/2006/08/previous-political-postings.html).

Still, people have a right to express themselves. If people can hold rallies cheering on the IDF as it commits wholesale destruction of civilan infrastructure (and civilians), then surely people have the right to express support for Hezbollah. And who's to say that supporting Hezbollah is worse than supporting Israel in this conflict? It's just more "respectable", that's all- a sad comment, that.