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Freeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel Thread ~ IN GENTLENESS THERE IS STRENGTH~ August 03, 2008
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Posted on 08/02/2008 4:57:06 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma
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IN GENTLENESS THERE IS STRENGTH
The parents were devastated. Their young adopted daughter had died in an unusual accident. She suffocated when the drawstring on the hood of her jacket became caught in a playground slide. It was later learned their child was not the first to die this way. Design flaws in both the hood and the slide made this an accident waiting to happen.
Some people might have viewed this tragedy as an opportunity to sue the two major corporations for a lucrative settlement. The parents, however, refused. In an interview, the mother said she would have seen any remuneration as "blood money." She and her husband believed the leaders of the two companies never intended to harm her child or any other child. Instead of a lawsuit, the parents appealed to the clothing and slide manufacturers to correct the design flaws which had led to the death of their daughter. Both companies took immediate action. Today the parents are leaders in a campaign to promote child safety, and the companies involved have contributed substantially toward their cause.
It is not always wrong to sue. There are times when it is the prudent thing to do. It seems, however, that our society has become increasingly litigious, suing without discretion for profit and personal gain. In light of todays litigious climate, one cannot help but be moved by the choice of these parents not to sue. Instead they chose a "higher ground," earning not only the willing cooperation of both companies, but strong allies in their campaign to promote child safety as well. We might say they took the "pure, peaceable and gentle way" described in the third chapter of James in the Christian scriptures (James 3:17) as opposed to the adversarial way offered them by the courts. An ancient Native American saying reads, "In gentleness there is great strength." Dag Hammarskjold, former Secretary General to the United Nations and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, put it this way, "Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing so gentle as true strength." In the end, the gentle, peaceable way of these parents demonstrated the greater strength and wisdom.
CAPT Jane F. Vieira, CHC, USN
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To: Kathy in Alaska
I think I hear somewhere Looter guy ancentor did that deal so you got feel sorry for the Russians they got screw that what happen if you mess with Looter guy
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posted on
08/02/2008 5:38:57 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
To: redrock; All
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posted on
08/02/2008 5:43:39 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
To: Alouette; American Preservative; Yehuda; yonif; Tamar1973; MoochPooch; richardtavor; Nix 2; ...
Wishing all our Jewish troops, veterans, families, allies, friends, and Canteeners
a peaceful and prosperous week.
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posted on
08/02/2008 5:46:19 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
(~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
To: All
To: All
To: Alouette; American Preservative; Yehuda; yonif; Tamar1973; MoochPooch; richardtavor; Nix 2; ...
He Who blessed our forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - may He bless the fighters of the Israel Defense Force, who stand guard over our land and the cities of our G-d from the border of the Lebanon to the desert of Egypt, and from the Great Sea unto the approach of the Aravah, on the land, in the air, and on the sea.
May HASHEM cause the enemies who rise up against us to be struck down before them. May the Holy One, Blessed is He, preserve and rescue our fighting men from every trouble and distress and from every plague and illness, and may He send blessing and success in their every endeavor.
May He lead our enemies under their sway and may He grant them salvation and crown them with victory. And may there be fulfilled for them the verse: For it is Hashem, your G-d, Who goes with you to battle your enemies for you to save you.
G-d bless and keep your children safe, Alouette.
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posted on
08/02/2008 6:26:37 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
(~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
To: Brad's Gramma; MoJo2001; StarCMC; HiJinx; Aeronaut; laurenmarlowe; AZamericonnie; beachn4fun; ...
Prayers for our troops, veterans, families, allies, friends, and Canteeners
for a safe and peaceful week ahead.
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posted on
08/02/2008 6:33:52 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
(~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
To: laurenmarlowe
Good Lord’s Day to you, lauren. Thanks for the hymns and our National Anthem. Humming through your selections.
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posted on
08/02/2008 6:39:01 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
(~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
To: Brad's Gramma
To: Brad's Gramma
To: Brad's Gramma
Thank you Grammie for chapel & a blessed Lords day to you! *Hugs*
To: StarCMC; Bethbg79; bentfeather; EsmeraldaA; MoJo2001; Kathy in Alaska; Brad's Gramma; ...
Psa 18:35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
Psa 18:2 The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, [and] my high tower.
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posted on
08/02/2008 7:39:50 PM PDT
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DesertCoyote
(SandRat Using DesertCoyote's Machine)
To: DesertCoyote
Amen!
Following in your dad’s footsteps, huh?
Or he’s borrowed your computer! LOL!
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posted on
08/02/2008 7:42:39 PM PDT
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luvie
(Obama=Change: HIGHER taxes, MORE entitlements, LESS oil for America!!)
To: LUV W
I’ve (SandRAat) borrowed her Laptop while in PHX visiting her..
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posted on
08/02/2008 7:45:04 PM PDT
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DesertCoyote
(SandRat Using DesertCoyote's Machine)
To: DesertCoyote
To: DesertCoyote
Kinda had a feeling! :D
Tell her “hi”!
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posted on
08/02/2008 7:49:14 PM PDT
by
luvie
(Obama=Change: HIGHER taxes, MORE entitlements, LESS oil for America!!)
To: LUV W
She’s waving back, see her?.....
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posted on
08/02/2008 7:51:00 PM PDT
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DesertCoyote
(SandRat Using DesertCoyote's Machine)
To: DesertCoyote
Thank you DC for the good word.
So happy for you & hope you had a super birthday! *Hugs*
To: DesertCoyote
Um....if I squint.....
:D
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posted on
08/02/2008 7:53:40 PM PDT
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luvie
(Obama=Change: HIGHER taxes, MORE entitlements, LESS oil for America!!)
To: AZamericonnie
DC still has more to go. Ice Cream Cake is a little later to come, (this is SandRat using DC laptop).
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posted on
08/02/2008 7:54:14 PM PDT
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DesertCoyote
(SandRat Using DesertCoyote's Machine)
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