[CS-FSLUG] PD: Robertson and Falwell final denounced by religious leaders

[Don Parris]

On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 18:31:30 -0500, Ed Hurst <softedges at tconline.net> wrote:
> Don Parris wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > No one will ever be able to tell me that there is not a better way to
> > destroy our enemies.  Even Sun Tzu suggests that you keep your enemy
> > as your closest friend.  There's a reason for that, you know.  Paul
> > said that showing kindness is like heaping hot coals over your enemy's
> > head.  He would not have passed that onto us if he didn't experience
> > that first hand.  I have lived it myself.  Ghandi lived it.  King
> > Lived it.
> 
> I personally find Ghandi and King irrelevant in this because both were
> notorious sinners of one flavor or another. However, I see the point you
> make about victory by other means, and that is quite true.
> 
King and Ghandi were very much the diplomats, leading by example and
from the front.  Whether or not King was the womanizer he has been
made out to be remains an unanswered question in my book.  Ghandi was
indeed a non-believer.  Ghandi may also have lagged closer to the rear
than did King. :)  Bear in mind that a leader has to live by example. 
While I don't expect Bush to be perfect, I might prefer that the
individual who represents me before the world be able to show some
diplomatic skills.  Imagine how embarrassed my wife would be if I went
over to my neighbor and slapped him in the face on the basis that he
was mistreating his wife and kids?

Reagan, whatever his faith, showed great diplomatic skill.  How else
do you explain the destruction of an empire without firing a single
shot?  So, too, Bush could have exercised greater diplomacy.  Indeed,
the world may have fought our battle for us, had he but tried.

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