Original sentence: As of 2000, some 71 such actions happened on several continents.Pouring of blood is a controversial symbolic act that has been traditionally conducted by Plowshares activists.The vast majority end in prison time for the actors, the longest of which were those meted out to the 1984 group, the "Silo Pruning Hooks" (after the Biblical verse admonishing people to turn spears into pruning hooks), two of which were sentenced to 18 years in federal prison for entering a Minuteman II missile silo.There have been several more such actions since 2000
Edited sentence: As of 2000, some 71 such actions happened on several continents, sharing these elements: 1.Generally it has been blood that has come from the activist, collected, and carried to the action site for use to symbolically remind other people of the deathly purpose of that institution, system or installation, and simultaneously is praying to reclaim that entity and the people working on it for goodness' sake, for the sake of life-affirming purposes instead of its current purpose.Greg Boertje-Obed, Plowshares activist and ex-army officer, adds:.Over the years, some of these have resulted in acquittals and the vast majority end in prison time for the actors, the longest of which were those meted out to the 1984 group, the Silo Pruning Hooks (after the Biblical verse admonishing people to turn swords into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks—both Micah and Isaiah), two of whom earned 18 years in federal prison for entering a Minuteman II missile silo.Plowshares activist Mary Sprunger-Froese explained:.Pouring of blood is a controversial symbolic act to symbolize the recognition of the violence of the government and the potential for people to honor life instead of death in that location.Symbolically it reminds others what the weapons are designed for, and is used to break through the rationalizations that justify weapons of mass destruction.The "swords" have included live nuclear weapons, components of the nuclear arsenal, and even armed forces personal field weapons.There have been several more such actions in the new millennium.absolutely nonviolent to people, 2.each actor claimed personal responsibility for her or his actions, never fleeing the scene but rather standing accountable, 3.making some effort, big or small, real or symbolic, to turn swords into plowshares