Word: wente
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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There must be a reason I went to Washington. Something must have happened there. It didn't end the war. It probably didn't even affect the war. There are only two things it did to me-it changed the way I look at cops, at least Washington cops, and it changed the way I look at polities and political action. It was an experience; it was action, however futile...
...weekend began with a sense of futility. You could ignore it if you took pleasure in the gas station attendant in New Haven who was wearing a peace button or the toll collector who flashed the "V" sign as you went...
Maybe that's why we went to Washington, all of us. When you come right down to it, it is much more important to act than to achieve. An achievement is just an excuse to act; the act itself is what keeps you alive. We acted in Washington. Those who stayed home might as well be dead...
...pretty impressive charging up Massachusetts Avenue with 2,000 people behind Vict Cong flags. It was pretty depressing when those same 2,000 people were sent fleeing back down the street with artificial tears in their eyes. After the first charge the feeling of danger was gone. You went back for more gas, teared for five or ten minutes and then went back for more. It was insane...
...Washington Monument is the Orthanc of America. It is the ancient, magical tower of a Good Wizard, our National Ethos, whose magic has gone bad. Very bad. Until recently, we didn't know how bad; many of us still don't. We went to Isenbard last weekend to protest the Wizard's most evil, most horrible project, the War. But the Wizard has other projects. His magic pervades our souls. Can we do anything...