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sister Megan rice a is lovely advocate for peace
stunning paper nuclear war now as a nun that makes a lot of sense
still voted 0 long career at to
I activism in favor peace love et cetera
I she was joined by to other Catholic a
actress for peace Greg or cheap or bad
and not Michael Wiley anime tell you what they did in a sane person give me
some
background on them rice became a sister in this society
the Holy Child Jesus at the age of 18 answer for forty years as a missionary
in western Africa teaching site I literally don't know
anyone anywhere near that good hey I mean that as moral as it gets right
now while he served two tours in vietnam before returning to the US
and dedicating his life to peace a serving the poor and then now I'm
Borcina o'beirne also served in army before committing himself to a life of
service a piece o
pretty sink folks all-round very religious
to all a devout Catholics so they decided hey you know what
we're gonna break into what is known as the port Knox
a uranium to make a think a message basically
that you should not I'll be proliferating
nuclear weapons okay now
it's a mess is a lot people agree with it was just a message not only will take
the Redeemer do anything with it
I'll but it was ballsy I mean breaking into something that
like I said is considered the port knock some uranium the most secure
plant that we had is a primary storehouse for bomb-grade uranium so why
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it's in oakridge and so people thought there's no way that people could break
it
it turns out more there's a way they actually broke through three different
fences
and reach the 548 million dollar storage bunker
okay he did not reach the uranium they would it be could not have gotten their
hands
on actual bomb-making equipment so there's no need to panic over that right
and gold the security contractor was very rightly fired
when an 84-year-old man and her to peace activists break-in
to the most secure complex we have a store in uranium
that's a bit of a security issue there's no question about that likely of course
they
had no bad intent in fact what here's what they did they hung banners
strong crime scene tape splash blood on the wall and painted slogans on the side
of the highly enriched uranium materials facility
I wanna go on with the blood but I'm not a peace activist rate
and certainly didn't mean any bad intent in terms of taking the uranium right
but one other things that the judge mention was well look you did some
damage the property
that spirit that's true any I miss you can break into this facility that's
illegal that's true as well
and he said you damaged the mystique above the complex
but wait a minute that's not my problem that's your problem yours was the
security because I got passed through security 200 I'm sorry I might damage
the mystique
but they kinda wanted him to miss the don't want us
may you all that bomb-grade uranium so that at some point we might use it
right so that's the whole point well so how much do they get me she's eighty
four years old and I when you're much time out to see rain
and obviously they weren't doing this to you know enrich themselves or to cause
damage or anything like that
system making rice Kut
under three years in prison just
significant sentence obviously for an 84-year-old
and the other two a activists got over five years in prison
and one of them is 65 years old there
on that same ballpark and they will also spend three years on supervised
probation
once they are released those are pretty
heavy prison sentences for these people
gay and if that wasn't enough fifty-three thousand dollars
in restitution that they have to pay look at the 53,000 I can live with
because they did cause eye damage
and they do have to fix it up the prison sentences
I think are significant now their catholics their religious
and so there's a lot that I don't agree with him on I wouldn't have done this
strategy
I like what their intentions are I think their hearts in the right place
I wanna got in this direction and it is breaking the law XO
33,000 restitution probation
think that make some sense you really gonna lock or Prabhat three issues you
know she's already been
sit in prison for nine months awaiting the trial
should not rich Kappa none skin to say okay here's my bail and I'm gonna right
and they say oh she's a big dangerous era you know she asked to do during the
trial
at the end she asked the same to lighten the mood
okay now goblets the judge she said your go ahead Singh
at they say is wrong I N and
I guess I did lighten the mood I'll and then the other said but it was a miracle
that they were able to break into the
complex again not be rose resolving was a mere who are living with you about
security
and Michael Wiley says I was acting upon my god-given obligations as a follower
of Jesus Christ
I make no apology I have no sense of remorse for shame
I would do it again so that cuts both ways
now from the judg- so you do it again I say well Michael what you doing here
now leaving me but sure is that I gotta like you up so you don't do it again
right so I understand that the same time
look at this man you know we see so many bad examples
over religious people doing fundamentalism extremism discrimination
hatred et cetera
back here three religious folks who say I think that is a follower of Jesus
Christ
I must make sure that there's peace and love in the world
that refreshing it's not terrific
so what a great moral lesson are
for christians out there on doing the right thing
again even disagree on the trespassing in the breaking in its center and the
way that they did
but you can't disagree that it's a refreshing
to have nuns and religious leaders actually
fighting their whole lives for people who are in need
and to make sure that we have peace in Swat