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To: Torie

There's plenty to be ashamed of, but that doesn't mean that a parent's love doesn't trump that.

If if I ever had a kid who killed someone, I don't think I could bring myself to be ashamed of him, though I'd grieve his poor decision-making.

Now that you mention it, I wonder if a dictator's parents could ever feel shame for his actions? Say a Saddam Hussein or a Paul Pot.


21 posted on 05/08/2006 4:30:00 PM PDT by CheyennePress
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To: CheyennePress

Comparing someone who is gay to a killer, much less a mass killer, even if loosely, puts you way, way out there on the continuum.


25 posted on 05/08/2006 4:34:24 PM PDT by Torie
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To: CheyennePress

Now that you mention it, I wonder if a dictator's parents could ever feel shame for his actions? Say a Saddam Hussein or a Paul Pot.



Steve and Mildred Pot were deeply ashamed of their son Paul, who had shown such great promise as a youth and ended up selling timeshares in Bermuda. On the other hand, their son Pol was a trouble maker from day one.


26 posted on 05/08/2006 4:36:01 PM PDT by durasell (!)
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To: CheyennePress
If if I ever had a kid who killed someone, I don't think I could bring myself to be ashamed of him, though I'd grieve his poor decision-making.

Is this your idea of moral equivalence? Homosexuality is morally equivalent to killing someone or being a dictator?

98 posted on 05/08/2006 6:16:04 PM PDT by Sunsong
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