sitetest,
You have touched on the core of our dilemma. We have one side that is fighting no-holds-barred and trying to impose a degenerate future upon America. Our side, the side of right and law, is losing. We are losing not because our ideas and ideals are unsound, but because we consider it beneath us to fight in the manner of our opponents. In that matter, we are as the British in our Revolutionary war - aghast at the manner in which the Colonists fight, and unwilling to adapt our methods or adopt theirs. It will not matter that we fought the better fight if we lose all. Maybe it is time for a radical change of tactics, a change of tone, a change in attitude. Maybe it is time for us to act like men, not mice - to be unapologetic in the face of criticism, to say what we feel, not what we think people want to hear, and to be leaders, not windsocks.
Exactly. We should fight like the Colonists again.
If it were merely a matter of adopting tactics that we might otherwise feel are beneath us, I'd adopt them in a second. But there are some tactics that are intrinsically evil, that are sin. I know that it handicaps me, but I try to avoid committing sins to get to the good things that I want or need, or believe in. I'm a businessman. Over the years, I've lost a lot of deals because the other guy did something sinful, and, well, I wasn't so willing. One may not commit instrinsic evil because the ends are good. Maybe I'll never be really, really rich because I generally try to avoid doing evil to achieve good. Maybe I won't die a rich man as a result. But I will be able to face my Lord with a clearer conscience. That's worth all the gold, all the political power, every earthly thing that there is.
sitetest
Spot on! Just what I was thinking but much more eloquently said!
We are in a fight for the survival of the country and our patrimony. Forget the Marquis of Queensberry rules. Let's do some bare-knuckle street fighting in the mud and the blood and the beer.