OK Some Initial Thoughts - Action 20th March 2008

As many will know, the 5th anniversary of the attack on Iraq takes place next March.

You might have read my bulletin earlier about military advertising in the media, and i've been getting some very useful input on that, thanks. I've now set up a blog called "Anti Militarism"

My initial thoughts are now that there should be some sort of blogging event starting on the 20th March 2008 for either 12 or 24 hours where people can make posts either on their own or in teams of 2 or more to their blogs once every hour.

The posts should perhaps as much as possible aim to show the reality of joining the military emphasising that soldiers can be and do get killed, as well as having the ability to kill others, and also the effects of wars on civilians.

In addition to this, all those involved can link to the other bloggers taking part in the event, and maybe ask people to donate directly to a charity which deals with victims of war such as War Child, or Doctors without Borders etc..

As you can imagine, the 5th anniversary of the attack on Iraq seems to be a great date to hold such an event, plus with bloggers having the ability to update various sites with their content, like Blogger and Technorati for example, then more people will read the posts, so the more people who can get involved the better.

Obviously, these are only initial thoughts, and there is much time left yet until the 20th March 2008, but this idea seems like as good a start as any.

What does everyone think?

Thanks for any input.