[CS-FSLUG] America & Iraq

[David Kemsley]

Dear Fred and other friends in Christ,

Firstly I'd just like to say how excited I was when I found this User 
Group. I've been involved in other LUGs, each having a lot of Zeal for 
the free software world. But this is the first I've come across with 
members zealous for Christ and having an interest in Linux :D

Secondly I'd like to say I don't normally get involved in political 
discussions. We all know this world is perishing which hopefully reminds 
us where we need to have our focus - eternity with Christ! :). And of 
course to see the urgency in letting people know of this great news. 
Having said that, I tend to find myself getting frustrated over justice 
in the world as I can see others do.

Thirdly, and I fear I'll get flamed off for saying this, but I don't 
agree with most of the political stuff on this list. I'm against the war 
on Iraq and the motivation behind it. I'm against the way George Bush 
has used fear to drive a war which America needed to support itself 
financially. I'm against the way other countries (including my own - 
Australia) were dragged into a war which had nothing to do with them. I 
find it hard to believe the propaganda that Iraq were a terrorist 
threat, and that the war has now helped that (IMHO war only creates 
terrorists). I find it hard to believe that it was a justice war against 
an evil tyrant when it was America that put him in to power to begin with.

Why am I saying all this? To point out that not everyone sees things the 
same way. I was disappointed to see all these political posts and have 
felt somewhat alien to this list because of that. Thankfully we do have 
things in common - Linux, and more importantly, our trust in Christ.

Would it be possible to limit the political opinions. I know I'm new and 
I could always ignore them but I can see that if there's others who 
don't see eye-to-eye about politics they would feel out of place too. 
Perhaps another list for politics(?).

Please let me know if I'm not welcome and I'll promptly remove myself 
from the list.

David




Fred Miller wrote:

>This is an EXCELLENT article, and written by someone with more experience and 
>insight than most!
>
>Fred
>
>http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:KgNyWeKdBxsJ:www.libertyunites.tv/blog-535.html
>
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>

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