March 8, 2002

Pacifism in a Time of War

By BETH McMURTRIE

Shortly after September 11, a customer at the Olympia Candy Kitchen offered Carrie Stoltzfus a bracelet made with red-white-and-blue cloth, and inscribed with the words "Freedom: 1776 to 2001." She was the only waitress not wearing an American-flag pin or sticker on her shirt. "Here," he said. "You need this."

Ms. Stoltzfus, a senior at Goshen College, was nonplused. A lifelong pacifist and critic of U.S. foreign policy, she had never been comfortable with symbols of patriotism. Now,

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