You guys are being unfair in picking on one of the greatest Americans living. He is a guy of high moral standings, a man who has unselfishly dedicated his life to serving God and to serving mankind. He is one of the few honest men in the nation.
At 05:41 PM 10/29/2001 -0500, Mark Stewart wrote: >I have a relative that actually went to Liberty U. Knowing him before >and after he attended, I can say that they really messed his brain up. >There's some really far out ideology being passed around that place. > >Mark > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 2:59 PM >To: CF-Community >Subject: RE: Falwell like the Taliban ( was Re[2]: beauuuuutiful Friday) > > >Having lived in the area and seen the impact of Mr. Falwell on >Lynchburg, >believe me comparisons to the Taliban are not far off. > >larry > >-- >Larry C. Lyons >ColdFusion/Web Developer >EBStor.com >8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 >Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 >tel: (703) 393-7930 >fax: (703) 393-2659 >Web: http://www.ebstor.com > http://www.pacel.com >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. >-- > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 12:45 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Falwell like the Taliban ( was Re[2]: > > beauuuuutiful Friday) > > > > > > Gel, > > > > It is one thing to have extreme, oppressive, fundamentalist views > > and something else to act on them. It would be a more accurate to > > compare Neo-Nazi's and the KKK to the Taliban rather than Falwell or > > Robertson. The difference is the actions taken. Even if you > > extrapolate their views and give them action, they are not a militant > > group. They are ideologues that use words to persuade, not > > force. So, > > while living in an environment dominated by such thought would be > > horrible, it would not be equally comparable to the life of the > > Afghanistani people or to those that visit there. Whether or > > not there > > are different facets of the Taliban is irrelevant. The facet that > > controls the country and dictates policy is relevant. I'm sure that > > there is a "kinder gentler" side of the KKK, but does that change the > > very nature of the beast? No. > > > > Michael Corrigan > > Programmer > > Endora Digital Solutions > > www.endoradigital.com > > 630/942-5211 x-134 > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Angel Stewart > > To: CF-Community > > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 11:16 AM > > Subject: Falwell like the Taliban ( was Re[2]: beauuuuutiful Friday) > > > > > > The taliban are oppressive fundamentalists in their views. > > There are different facets of the Taliban, and in this context it > > should > > be obvious which such facets are being referred to. > > > > The Taliban are narrowminded and obtuse in their religions views and > > laws.Similarly, so is Falwell's views. Extrapolate this to living > > under > > a state guided by Falwell's principles. > > > > -Gel > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > I disagree wholeheartedly with that statement. I'm no fan > > of Falwell > > or > > > > Robertson, but I don't see them advocating killing people > > from other > > religions. I don't see them condemning women from receiving an > > education or participating in the workforce. I certainly don't see > > them > > > > in support of organizations that murder innocent civilians > > or building > > a > > > > rebellious and violent movement to overthrow the government > > to force > > all > > > > Americans to subscribe to their religious beliefs. I don't believe > > that > > > > they support terrorism of any kind. If you have proof contrary to > > this > > then I'd like to see it. But to equate Robertson and > > Falwell to Bin > > Laden or the Taliban is frankly narrow minded and obtuse. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
