At another event Saturday evening, non-violence was the theme. The "Freedom Fair" — sponsored by the Utah Democratic Progressive Caucus, Equality Utah and "Catalyst" magazine — featured TV actress and anti-nuclear activist Mimi Kennedy, co-star of "Dharma and Greg," as its keynote speaker.

"I feel the spirit of those who died on 9/11/01 motivating me to seek world peace as the only worthy memorial to them," Kennedy told the Deseret Morning News after her speech.

Although the crowd was sparse, Kennedy said she "wanted to be with the peacemakers who are honoring 9/11." And specifically Utah, she said, "because the dust of those towers falling looked exactly like my atom bomb nightmares as a child."

Terrorism, she said, "can only be made worse by nuclear bombs and nuclear threats." Kennedy opposes any resumption of nuclear testing, and opposes the proposed "bunker-buster" bombs and "mini-nukes."

Non-violence, she said, is not the same as pacifism. A pacifist, she says, "witnesses violence but does not answer it." A non-violent person, she says, "condemns violence and answers it with everything but violence."

"Having nuclear weapons makes us suicidal," she said, "because it blows back on us."

---

"For as long as you remember me, I am never entirely lost." — A note found in a scrapbook at the Sept. 11 family center at ground zero

---

Contributing: Elaine Jarvik

E-mail: lindat@desnews.com

• Page:
• < Previous
• 1
• 2
• 3