tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875473688637085809.post4691694386276483516..comments2023-10-31T08:47:20.305-04:00Comments on Baltimore Nonviolence Center: Protesters Call for Closing of Ga. Military SchoolMax Obuszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16916280388924046983noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875473688637085809.post-29306853403200234082008-11-26T20:50:00.000-05:002008-11-26T20:50:00.000-05:00As a life long resident of Columbus and Criminal D...As a life long resident of Columbus and Criminal Defense Attorney I have to say I find a few things sad about all this. I am a strong believer in peace. I work and even teach to help insure the right to free speech. I accept that at times there will be war. I know that some evil things have been connected to people who attended the SOA. But I also see a few other things. A few years ago the Judge hearing these cases made an offer to those who had been convicted of trespassing or who plead guilty. A couple of months in jail OR simply attend and observe some of the classes (they could pick which ones). They all REFUSED to go to the classes. I have taken the time to review the Law setting up the school. The course outline and materials. I have meet with officials from the school, as while as teachers and students.<BR/>The way we spread Democracy is by teaching other folks how it works, including their military leaders. Programs teaching respect for Civilian authority, human rights classes taught by a Judge from the International Court in the Hague and drug fighting programs serve to help the people of these countries.<BR/>Did some of the students from these school do evil things yes. Does that mean the school teaches them, I don’t think so. The best example I can give is this. Many children have been molested by graduates of Catholic Seminaries. Does that mean they teach priest to molest children? I don’t think so. Should we close the Seminaries because of the actions of a few? I don’t think so.<BR/>Is the SOA a bad place that teaches bad things? I don’t think so.Just Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120686858209296645noreply@blogger.com