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- From: lip@s1.gov (Loren I. Petrich)
- Subject: Re: So Forgach Supports Shutting Down Catholic masses
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.222055.29638@s1.gov>
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- References: <1993Jan22.214302.24837@wam.umd.edu> <1993Jan24.012307.19435@netcom.com> <1993Jan25.064203.8902@news.acns.nwu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 22:20:55 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan25.064203.8902@news.acns.nwu.edu> dmeier@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Douglas Meier) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan24.012307.19435@netcom.com> gordons@netcom.com (Gordon
- >Storga) writes:
- >
- : <1993Jan22.214302.24837@wam.umd.edu> aap@wam.umd.edu (Alberto Adolfo
- >Pinkas) :
- >
- : >So, because the Church does something which is wrong, you have the
- : >right to do the same thing to them
- : >Great!
- :
- : Sometimes the only way to get through to an oppressor is to oppress them.
- : That's the golden rule, isn't it? The Pope treats certain people a
- : certain way, he must expect to be treated that way back.
- :
- >Trouble is, by hacking away at Catholics and Catholicism you don't oppress the
- >Pope in the least. You just build up more animosity against Catholics. You
- >know, those people that the Pope oppresses? Oh well, we're getting kind of
- >used to it.....
- >
- >Oh, and the rule you are thinking of is, "Do unto others as you would have
- >them do unto you." Somehow, you mistakenly stated the "eye for an eye"
- >philosophy.
-
- And what should be done about violators, O Golden-Rule Expert?
-
- If you don't agree with "if you punch me in the nose, I'll
- punch you in the nose" justice, then what kind of justice would you
- prefer?
- --
- /Loren Petrich, the Master Blaster
- /lip@s1.gov
-