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Not blind idealism

2/26/2014

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What I am doing is not 
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blind idealism as you call it.
It’s a just cause for my homeland, 
a fight for the sake of those I love: 
my children, grandchildren, parents, siblings
neighbours, my Tausug brethren who's
been suffering in silence for so long. 


Oppression breeds pain and should not 
reign in a land of peaceful people. 
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I may not live longer in this world, 
and I know I will die as people do.
But this I say today: I will fight for 
peace 'til my last breath

I fight for peace,  but always
in peace. Nothing good can be achieved by 
raging war, and countering war 
with war. With violence comes nothing but
more violence. This is not what Tausugs want.

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Peace is as common as candies. 
Anyone has the right to embrace peace.
Like my elders before me, I’ve been wanting 
peace. Amid this war that’s seemingly endless
I caught a glimpse of it. It exists, I know. 
We’ll find this piece of peace soon.
But only when we do so together,
and in peace.

I love you peace.
Layag Sug!
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    Nelson Dino. Tau Sug inside and out. Former university lecturer. Peace fighter. Loves writing, taking photos, researching things.

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