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To: Sunsong

Righteous hatred of that which is evil is very much a part of our world, Sunsong. There is no sweet-talking Pol Pot or Stalin. There is no honey-balm that will turn a Charlie Manson into a rational, civil human being.

Sometimes you can fight fire with water, but other times--as any fireman will tell you--you fight it with fire.


414 posted on 11/20/2006 12:29:00 AM PST by farmer18th
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To: farmer18th
I don't mind continuing this discussion - but it seems that we are to the point of simply repeating ourselves. I disagree with you.

Whether Hitler or Pol Pot or Saddam Hussein there is no requirement to hate them or to in your heart condemn them. Certainly it is understandable - but it is unneccessary. God will take care of eternal Justice. The Iraqis will likely hang Saddam. Hitler apparently killed himself.

We have government to incarcerate those who break the law. Our business is to love God and love one another. That does not mean that we are not actively engaged in life and in interacting with others and in trying to set an example or in trying to persuade others in that which we believe is good and true. But it is not necessary to be cruel or punitive or hurtful in the normal actions of living our lives. Surely we can be better than that!

415 posted on 11/20/2006 12:40:48 AM PST by Sunsong
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