Comments on: Peter De Mott, Ithaca Journal obituary http://tompkinsagainstwar.org/2009/03/peter-de-mott-ithaca-journal-obituary/ Web log for Tompkins County War Resisters Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:12:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Victoria Ross http://tompkinsagainstwar.org/2009/03/peter-de-mott-ithaca-journal-obituary/comment-page-1/#comment-1682 Victoria Ross Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:50:30 +0000 http://tompkinsagainstwar.org/?p=1583#comment-1682 We are so grateful for Peter, for his Life, and Love, Work, and Spirit; for his Loving, Wise, Blessed, and Wonderful Family; and for the Good, Caring, and Beloved Community that generated him, and them. The connectedness, mutual support, insight, courage, and loving and wise action that came and comes from Peter and His Own Beloveds will strengthen and lead us on to real Peace. We are so grateful for Peter, for his Life, and Love, Work, and Spirit;
for his Loving, Wise, Blessed, and Wonderful Family;
and for the Good, Caring, and Beloved Community that generated him, and them. The connectedness, mutual support, insight, courage, and loving and wise action that came and comes from Peter and His Own Beloveds will strengthen and lead us on to real Peace.

]]> By: dave eberhardt http://tompkinsagainstwar.org/2009/03/peter-de-mott-ithaca-journal-obituary/comment-page-1/#comment-1670 dave eberhardt Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:58:16 +0000 http://tompkinsagainstwar.org/?p=1583#comment-1670 Subject: originally read in honor of my dear friend and accomplice-Tom Lewis- at his memorial service from Dave Eberhardt (poured blood on draft files with him in 1967- the "Baltimore 4" action) offered as well to memory of friend Peter De Mott “Hi from the Unknown Soldier. I threw away my rifle and went swimming. You may have seen me slipping away from the column. Shsssssh. If in a desert "theatre" I leave to go look at the night sky with all its stars- Aldeberan (sp?), Rigel, Spica, Eta Carinae. I am a statue to the Noble Deserter in the park.” I was inspired by artists like Tom Lewis and bloved Peter De Mott! He had the "duende"- the spirit, the moxie. He had the will to continue in risky action after action- going forward into the Plowshares movement. Want to join us? Then practice non-violence, resist war, and don't forget to move to the left. Forgive them mother for they know not what they do. Heroes to follow? Tom Lewis, war resisters, Dan and Phil Berrigan,"Plowshares" activists, M. Gandhi, ML King, AJ Muste, Dorothy Day, Quakers, Norman Morrison, Rachel Corrie... Authors to read H Thoreau, Dalai Lama, Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain, Wilfred Owen, Gary Snyder etc. feel free to read at any funeral/memorial- my best to all his friends and loved ones Subject: originally read in honor of my dear friend

and accomplice-Tom Lewis- at his memorial service from
Dave Eberhardt (poured blood on draft files with him in 1967- the “Baltimore 4″ action)

offered as well to memory of friend Peter De Mott

“Hi from the Unknown Soldier. I threw away my rifle and went swimming.

You may have seen me slipping away from the column. Shsssssh.

If in a desert “theatre” I leave to go look at the night sky with all its stars- Aldeberan (sp?), Rigel, Spica, Eta Carinae.

I am a statue to the Noble Deserter in the park.”

I was inspired by artists like Tom Lewis and bloved Peter De Mott! He had the “duende”- the spirit, the moxie. He had the will to continue in risky action after action- going forward into the Plowshares movement.

Want to join us? Then practice non-violence, resist war, and don’t forget to move to the left.

Forgive them mother for they know not what they do.

Heroes to follow? Tom Lewis, war resisters, Dan and Phil Berrigan,”Plowshares” activists, M. Gandhi, ML King, AJ Muste, Dorothy Day, Quakers, Norman Morrison, Rachel Corrie…

Authors to read H Thoreau, Dalai Lama, Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain, Wilfred Owen, Gary Snyder etc.

feel free to read at any funeral/memorial- my best to all his friends and loved ones

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