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What makes this of particular interest is the recent Imus controversy. Sharpton did not give him the benefit of the doubt so, he’s not particularly in a strong position to demand understanding of others, as to whether he was referring to Mormonism or his debate opponent.

Well, that's the real rub, isn't it. Al Sharpton should be judged as he judged others, that's one way to look at it.

Or, if we objected to the way Imus was judged, we should also object to the way Al is judged, that's another way to look at it.

That's always the dilemna. Having attacked someone for behaving badly, if you get a chance to invoke the same bad behavior against them, do you do so to "teach them a lesson", or do you refrain to show adherance to your principles.

It's not an easy thing. In this case, I believe we should be consistant, but I'm not losing a minute of sleep over how Al's being treated, it couldn't happen to a more deserving guy.

Well, I believe that what Imus said was inappropriate but nothing new for him and his program. And Sharpton's reaction to the statement was nothing new either. It was, as has been his history, a politically and self-aggrandizing overreaction. The main difference this time was that he was more successful with his complaint.

Liberals, when it comes to those they support, cite the scripture "Judge not, that ye be not judged." When they do this, their intent is to escape the consequences of their actions or words. This is not what Jesus meant. The whole scripture, taken in context reads:

1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. (Matthew 7:1-2)

This is an injuction not to judge unrighteously. We are told many times in the scriptures to judge between good and evil. So judging itself is not the issue, it is whether or not we do so righteously. If we judge righteously, we will be judged righteously. If we judge unrighteously, we can expect the same from others.

Don Imus was wrong for what he said and was held responsible, but Mr. Sharpton's judgment of Imus was just as wrong if not more so, given his history of racially charged statements. It is, in my opinion, not an unrighteous judgment to point this fact out and hold him responsible for it. Personally, I don't really care what he has to say about anything and I'm not going to spend my days crying into my milk wondering why Al Sharpton doesn't like my religion, but there is such a thing as justice.