From: T Wake on

"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:45354B0A.FFBA6F96(a)hotmail.com...
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> T Wake wrote:
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>> I have stood in Northern Ireland while protesters threw petrol bombs let
>> alone rocks. Firing back was not an option we were simply there to
>> contain.
>> It was made very clear to everyone that firing without having first been
>> _fired_ upon would result in a police arrest and trial (murder if
>> required).
>> Shooting people because they are throwing stones at you is simply wrong.
>>
>> If legislation came into force which demanded I worship in Church every
>> Sunday I would happily throw rocks at soldiers in protest. If they killed
>> me
>> as a result it would, if nothing else, highlight to others how unjust the
>> system had become.
>
> You would have become a martyr.

Hopefully, but I also hope that if the situation ever comes to it I will
find it within myself to make what ever sacrifices are needed to defend what
_I_ see as the "right thing to do." At least I dont see suicide as a "sin"
or a "holy act." :-)

Also hopefully, and especially so because I am a firm believer in democracy,
the situation would never arise.

> Now compare with how the suicide bombers see themselves !

Sad isn't it.


From: Daniel Mandic on
Eeyore wrote:

> Hindered ?
>
> Graham


Handicapped. Mongolids for example.

Here in Town also Mongolids can do a first communion. And a priest here
has been nominated for the Best Austrian 2006. I hope he wins :)... I
know that Church where he lives from my Kindergarten Times and the
Primary School Time (Everything in one Area...).



Best Regards,

Daniel Mandic
From: John Larkin on
On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 21:57:10 +0100, Eeyore
<rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

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>John Larkin wrote:
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>> On Tue, 17 Oct 06 11:50:44 GMT, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
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>> >Pushing in certain areas is not the best way to prevent future
>> >messes. I've found that the only way for people to learn how
>> >not make new messes is to have them clean up the ones they
>> >already made.
>>
>>
>> Excellent. Care to assign cleanup duties in the Middle East and
>> Africa?
>
>Which bits of Africa did you have in mind ?
>

Well, let's see. We could start with the Belgian Congo, and maybe
Rhodesia, perhaps Cote D'Ivorie and German East Africa.

John

From: John Larkin on
On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 21:50:34 +0100, "T Wake"
<usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote:


>> They threw rocks at people with guns?
>
>Figuratively speaking, yes. An act of defiance towards a superior,
>oppressive, organisation. Pretty much the same thing.
>

only much, much stupider.

John

From: Jonathan Kirwan on
On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 21:48:25 +0100, "T Wake"
<usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote:

>"John Larkin" <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in message
>news:009aj2dksthbu9fopngsr64nhfofi1dnjl(a)4ax.com...
>> On Tue, 17 Oct 06 12:40:58 GMT, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>>
>>>In article <odi8j25ttpiuu9t6tbg4jne9cdut88qmin(a)4ax.com>,
>>> John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
>>>>On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:38:14 +0100, Eeyore
>>>><rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Lloyd Parker wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> JoeBloe <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > All of Islam (read the moslems) believe that all others that are not
>>>>>> >moslem are "infidels" and that killing them is not, nor should not be
>>>>>> >a crime.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You are lying.
>>>>>
>>>>>I suspect it's what he learnt at Church.
>>>>>
>>>>>American Christian fundamentalists are as dangerous if not more so than
>>>their
>>>>>Muslim counterparts.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Yeah, all those Southern Baptist suicide bombers.
>>>
>>>Sigh! Wait. If this gets results it will be tried.
>>>Have you not noticed what's been happening lately?
>>>And it's not just Southern Baptist.
>>>
>>
>> Judiasism and Christianity have generally considered suicide to be a
>> sin. Radical Islam considers it to be a holy act.
>
>An interpretation issue really. It would not be unreasonable for Radical
>Christians or Jews to redefine some aspects of their faith to enable suicide
>for a just cause. The bible has killing anyone a sin, Christians have been
>fairly free with the definition of this though.

I already cited a web site where you can see how Christian
organizations could justify this as holy. And there is 'Jesus Camp,'
the movie.

Jon