The other day on my way to work, I passed a number of people on a bridge holding the words promoting peace. However, many of the people were wearing masks with grotesque features. While they were clearly trying to get attention, I firmly believe that the medium is the message.

A few days before my and I were downtown with our baby, and down the street came a small peace demonstration. However, their drumming and chanting scared my . It seems strange that this is the case, but messages of peace cannot appear millitant.

It seems to me that Ghandi's "passive resistance" could be understood as a peaceful response to social change. But how to protest against aggressive foreign policies when your message is peace?

So what is the correct way to promote peace, and yet still get people's attention? Clearly publishing your views on the Internet doesn't seem to gather enough attention. At least, it gets my feelings out of the chest...