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...proposed pastoral letter to the nation's 51 million Roman Catholics, prepared by a committee of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (N.C.C.B.). By addressing not only the moral and theological dimensions of nuclear arms, but also the political and strategic complexities, the bishops have invited heated dissent from church members and Government leaders. "This puts us right out there saying that our religious convictions may well lead us into opposition to our Government," says Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Gumbleton of Detroit, one of the five drafters of the document...
REGRETTABLY, the above opinion necessitates a dissent, not because of what it states, but because of what it refuses to state about the unconscionable massacre in West Beirut. By toeing a cautious line to appease a wide range of views, it avoids an appropriately harsh condemnation of the Israeli government, specifically Begin and Sharon...
That, ironically, is the greatest weakness of the nuclear freeze movement: it is always possible to reconcile any opposition from outside or internal dissent within that one vast, undisputed goal. As a result, substantive programs are all too easily diluted into platitudes...
Daily we experience the increasing militarization of our lives: the pervasive surveillance of citizens who express dissent democratically by military intelligence: the lack of mercy and prudence shown by special military units against suspected criminals: the unexplained wealth of many military officers...
...have no right to speak out because they are not living under Israel's constant stress and turmoil. Their dreams and aspirations are bound up with Israel's, and to shut out their voices smacks of the worst sort of self-righteous censorship. Especially when they are voices of dissent...