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To: FreedomNotSafety
The passenger chose to take someone else’s space.
There are rude, selfish people all around us. Most are not worth getting worked up over.

He got as he gave.
"Be slow to anger"
"But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also." Matthew 5:39
Righteous personal conduct interpretation
Another interpretation is that Jesus was not changing the meaning of "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" but restoring it to the original context. Jesus starts his statement with "you have heard it said", which could mean that he was clarifying a misconception, as opposed to "it is written" which could be a reference to scripture. The common misconception seems to be that people were using Exodus 21:24-25 (the guidelines for a magistrate to punish convicted offenders) as a justification for personal vengeance. In this context, the command to "turn the other cheek" would not be a command to allow someone to beat or rob a person, but a command not to take vengeance.

Maybe you have a name in mind for people such as yourself who accept such passive aggressive behavior from others?
Peacemaker? Adult? Immune to 'micro-aggressions'?

But then you would rather take the passive route of hinting and implying your name calling instead of stating it outright.
I was implying that some types of behavior are frowned upon in a smoothly working, polite society.

33 posted on 05/25/2017 8:57:50 AM PDT by BwanaNdege ("The church ... is not the master or the servant of the state, but the conscience" - Luther)
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To: BwanaNdege

“They have a number of names for people like you. FR policy against ad hominem comments prevents a listing thereof.”

So you have an ad hominem attack in mind, to the point of knowing the “number of names”, and your only restraint from calling me the names is FR policy.

As a man thinketh...

You have the righteousness of Jimmy Carter maybe even Gov Kaisich. I checked those names are not on the FR list banning ad hominem attacks.


34 posted on 05/25/2017 9:38:45 AM PDT by FreedomNotSafety (.)
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