The Politics Of Gene Wolfe

brunians at brunians.org · 18 Mar 2009, 05:01 · from 2009-March.txt.gz

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From: brunians at brunians.org (brunians at brunians.org)
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:01:23 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: (urth) The Politics Of Gene Wolfe
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>> You don't think kids should be trained to fight when
>> someone tries to molest them?
> ...

> I do, but I'm not a Christian.

You think that Christians think that?

>                                As the statement came from
> a Catholic priest, it surprised me greatly.  Jesus says in
> the Sermon on the Mount that you shouldn't resist evil
> (Matt. 5:39).

He says 'turn the other cheek', that is, one time. He doesn't say keep on
turning again and again like some kind of bobbly-head critter on the
dashboard.

Love your enemies - that way they don't even suspect you right up until
when you fuck up their day.

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