Student Activism and the Vietnam War
Following the actions of the U.S government in carrying out North Vietnam bombings a sense of responsibility in ending this outright senseless acts of war emerged. A wave of activism by intellectuals and peacemakers alike spread across the country; initially only what started as a small group of protesters in higher institutions having one agenda in hand: stop the war, spread its ideas to the mass American populace who also shared their views. The protests against the U.S involvement in the Vietnam War was viewed as a means to an end in itself that required commitment and sacrifice to be achieved by its main two proponents at that time: peace activists and intellectuals in …show more content…
Dialogue is important in that it makes the parties entangled in a divisive issue be objective and focused on searching for ,and learning from the information, as opposed to trying to persuade the opposite party. In the absence of dialogue selfish interest take center stage in turn causing more decision and violence in the worst case scenario. For instance ,in the Video ,`The four dead in Ohio,’ the May 1 1970 Kent University Guard shooting led to the death of four students and injuries to nine others, following protests against President Nixon April 30th speech on the U.S move to expand the Vietnam war to Cambodia. The death at Kent University would have been averted if only the U.S president at that time (Richard Nixon) was open to dialogue with the leaders of the Vietnam on that largely decisive issue of the U.S ceasing operation in the Vietnam .In addition, dialogue is not meant to decide who wins or loose a protracted argument or issue argument but rather to make each participant relate well with one another in
Following the actions of the U.S government in carrying out North Vietnam bombings a sense of responsibility in ending this outright senseless acts of war emerged. A wave of activism by intellectuals and peacemakers alike spread across the country; initially only what started as a small group of protesters in higher institutions having one agenda in hand: stop the war, spread its ideas to the mass American populace who also shared their views. The protests against the U.S involvement in the Vietnam War was viewed as a means to an end in itself that required commitment and sacrifice to be achieved by its main two proponents at that time: peace activists and intellectuals in …show more content…
Dialogue is important in that it makes the parties entangled in a divisive issue be objective and focused on searching for ,and learning from the information, as opposed to trying to persuade the opposite party. In the absence of dialogue selfish interest take center stage in turn causing more decision and violence in the worst case scenario. For instance ,in the Video ,`The four dead in Ohio,’ the May 1 1970 Kent University Guard shooting led to the death of four students and injuries to nine others, following protests against President Nixon April 30th speech on the U.S move to expand the Vietnam war to Cambodia. The death at Kent University would have been averted if only the U.S president at that time (Richard Nixon) was open to dialogue with the leaders of the Vietnam on that largely decisive issue of the U.S ceasing operation in the Vietnam .In addition, dialogue is not meant to decide who wins or loose a protracted argument or issue argument but rather to make each participant relate well with one another in