[farmer18th]

It would kinder and more intelligent to use sign language.

I wonder what the sign language is for calling someone "stupid" (Paul to the Galations), or "Vipers" (Jesus to the Pharisees) or "Murderours" (Peter to the Sanhedrin)?

Kind words spoken to the morally daft, whether signed, screamed or set to music, put people to sleep, and ultimately to death.

You can be utterly kind, loving, and meaningless, Sunsong, and you can lay the foundation for tyrants to turn your sons into eunuchs and your daughters into whores.

You are the perfect example of what Patrick Henry abhored--people who quietly hope for the best and lay the foundation for everyone else's slavery.

[pby]

Well said, farmer18th.

[Sunsong]

Kind words spoken to the morally daft, whether signed, screamed or set to music, put people to sleep, and ultimately to death.

You are wrong. Kindness reaches people. You may want to reflect on why the thought of kindness puts you to sleep!! Do you associate kindness, love, compassion, gratitude etc with weakness?

Cruelty hurts people. One does not need to be cruel to those who are criminal or immoral. They can be arrested without being beaten or spit on. They can be incarcerated without cruelty.

You continue to argue for cruelty and I will continue to argue for kindness. Screaming at the deaf is not only cruel - it is stupid. Are you really wanting to present Christianity as a cruel religion?

Why don't you read the post about what this AIDS conference really is and then come back and apologize for all the hurtful things you have said.