Reply #140: I beg to disagree, vets74. Stop The Machine is NOT pacifist but does require

[bertman]

a pledge of non-violence for participants in the Occupation of Freedom Plaza.

I am not a pacifist but I do believe in non-violent resistance to the forces of evil everywhere. That is the same view of many of the other people who were/are at Freedom Plaza.

Also, you have selectively chosen "Objecting to having the Federal government kill people is the core aim of the October 2011 organization" when, in fact, there are a number of CORE AIMS. Here they are as they are found on the October2011 website:

Tax the rich and corporations
End the wars, bring the troops home, cut military spending
Protect the social safety net, strengthen Social Security and improved Medicare for all
End corporate welfare for oil companies and other big business interests
Transition to a clean energy economy, reverse environmental degradation
Protect worker rights including collective bargaining, create jobs and raise wages
Get money out of politics