Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 09:13:06PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: >> Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >> >> >> > Nice revisionist bit of history there. If you go back to the Reagan >> >> > Administration (and less so the first Bush administration), you will >> >> > see that the Soviets were a much greater threat (short term and long >> >> > term) than even Hussein and bin Laden. >> >> >> >> Two wrongs don't make a right. >> > >> > Well, why don't employ a little moral relativism, of which the liberals >> > are so fond? In light of that, what they did was right *at the time*. >> >> Neoconservatives are so fond of thumping on the Bible, and yet fail to >> turn >> the other cheek when presented with the opportunity. Hardly the pinnacle >> of morality they claim to be. >> > The instruction by Jesus to turn the other cheek was directed at > individuals. Paul lays out the guidelines for government in Romans 13 > and in other places as well. It is the responsibility of rulers to look > after their people. There are many comparisons made with a shepher > protecting his flock against attacking wolves. In that case, if the > shepherd does nothing, he has failed in his duties.
There's a basic concept you're missing here: That also describes society. Government is society's sheppard. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
