"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
The Origins Of Mother's Day
Submitted by Westernerd on Sat, 2011-05-07 03:00
After witnessing the absolute carnage and bloodshed of the War Between the States, Julia Howard Stowe changed her mind and issued a proclamation urging mothers everywhere to work for peace and disarmament.
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Looks like it is Julia Ward Howe, not Julia Howard Stowe. And disarmament is not a way to peace, either. Anarchy is.
Disarmament is just a way to be subdued ! Do you think America would ever disarm ? Fat chance !