Stupid Mennonites...
I kinda think they should have stuck to their guns, so to speak. Mennonites don’t have anything to apologize for.
I think it was Vicksburg that did not observe the Fourth of July until well into the 20th Century, and after the last Civil War veteran had died...
Land o’ Goshen! (I’ve always wanted to write that)
Drive by GC quite often.
Pardon my judgmentalism, but some of the liberal GC crowd seem a lot more excited about being Mennonite than Christian. Other Mennonites are some of the most solid Christians you can imagine.
DH comes from a Mennonite background and some of my ancestors were Quakers. So ... I can see where they are coming from as far as non-violence.
My conviction is that I should be non-violent, myself, in daily life. But at the same time there is such a thing as a just war. I believe the war on terror is a just war.
I do think Orwell was right when he said rough men are willign to do violence on our behalf.
On a side note, I won first place in the 15 year old class in the NBL War of the stars 1980 BMX race in Goshen Indiana... I think the track was adjacent to Goshen College. Not much else there except the Amish. Good memories!