[Cultural Jihad]

I still honor and respect someone willing to fight for what he believes in.

So would you also honor and respect, say, Nazi skinheads who burn crosses on the lawns of black families? How about bank robbers who believe that society owes them a living and are willing to fight for their beliefs? You ought to save your admiration for those who are committed to making their society a more peaceful and just place rather than for those who adhere to an ideology.

[Hunble]

No comment, but if I had to make a choice between you and Ferret tonight, Ferret has demonstrated over the years a better understanding of the principles of FreeRepublic.

I have a strong feeling that you do not know this person.

For those of us that have talked with him for years, we may laugh at his actions, but we knew that he was always one of the "good guys."

[albertp]

You ought to save your admiration for those who are committed to making their society a more peaceful and just place rather than for those who adhere to an ideology.

There is a great deal of food for thought in your statement. Proof that most of us who call ourselves conservatives are the true pacifists in this "postmodern" society.

Russian author Leo Tolstoy put it another way, "Of course, there is a difference between revolutionary violence and reactionary violence. It is the same as that between dogshit and catshit!"

Another post refers to PROPERTY. This also is true. The fundamental premise of personal property is the integrity and self-determination of the PEACEFUL individual.