[FuzzieAlum]

Actually, I don't see that I have an obligation to do anything.

If I'm sitting around talking with my friends, and they say, "So, what do you think of George Bush's Middle East policy?" and I say, "Well, it sucks," do I then have an obligation to write to George Bush (who would probably care less what I say) and tell him how I feel?

No! I don't have an obligation to force-feed my advice to other people who aren't seeking it.

If I were to contact anyone, it would be my sisters in the area. And as you may have noticed, there is an AXD on this discussion topic who is much closer to the situation than I am. Clearly, she has seen my opinion already, and she disagrees with me. Then who does that leave me to influence?

We all have a right to have opinions and even to discuss them without acting on them, especially when we are physically, emotionally and socially distant from the events in question. If it were my own campus, I would feel obligated to act. But I've never been to this campus, nor do I personally know anyone there.