by Visitor » Sun Apr 03, 2005 9:01 am
Jennifer,
Man's inhumanity to man is an old story. We are suppose to learn from our historical mistakes, and yet here we(Americans) are allowing the same type of fascist control to undermine the very principles we are supposedly saving the rest of the world from. We are sending our less advantaged youth off to fight for freedoms we take for granted here, while we are slowly losing those freedoms. Instead of dictating to our leaders, we are allowing them to dictate to us the desires of a minority, conservative faction. We allow our government representatives to be bought. And we allow them to control the information that we receive.
The Pope did what he could to champion the rights of the poor and to right previous transgretions. He also followed his beliefs without waivering. As a person, we should mourn the loss of that example. No more, no less.
Jennifer,
Man's inhumanity to man is an old story. We are suppose to learn from our historical mistakes, and yet here we(Americans) are allowing the same type of fascist control to undermine the very principles we are supposedly saving the rest of the world from. We are sending our less advantaged youth off to fight for freedoms we take for granted here, while we are slowly losing those freedoms. Instead of dictating to our leaders, we are allowing them to dictate to us the desires of a minority, conservative faction. We allow our government representatives to be bought. And we allow them to control the information that we receive.
The Pope did what he could to champion the rights of the poor and to right previous transgretions. He also followed his beliefs without waivering. As a person, we should mourn the loss of that example. No more, no less.
