Agreed. John Sayle's did an excellent movie about the courage of the Mennonites, called Matewan. -Patrick
>-----Original Message----- >From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: June 11, 2003 12:52 PM >To: CF-Community >Subject: Re: A good american > > >Really? Given that what I have seen of pacifists, one cannot >consider them >cowards. If anything a genuine pacifist is no coward. It takes >much more >bravery to resist peacefully when every temptation is to strike out. > >Second I am not a mennonite or buddist. Have have known both. >A good friend >of mine is in Peru working on a development project for the >Mennonites. >When the Shining Path was kidnapping and killing people, the >Mennonites >peacefully stood up to them. Its easy to shoot a firearm. Its far more >difficult to peacefully resist when you know you will most >likely get shot >or killed because of it. That is not cowardice but bravery of >the highest >level. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Host with the leader in ColdFusion hosting. Voted #1 ColdFusion host by CF Developers. Offering shared and dedicated hosting options. www.cfxhosting.com/default.cfm?redirect=10481 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
