--- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On Aug 17, 2005, at 7:18 PM, authfriend wrote: > > > > > > > Actually I was asking where she gets her moral > > > > power from in the first place. > > > > > > Is it moral power or maternal instinct and > > attachment? > > > > > > You've heard the stories of mothers picking up a > > car to save their > > > dear and beloved child. Is this that different? > > She's running on > > > her maternal image she's still carrying inside. > > > > "Moral power" was Peter's phrase. I was asking him > > what he meant by it. He said she lost her moral > > power by taking the "I'm right/he's wrong" stance. > > > > Seems to me morality is always a matter of right and > > wrong, so I'm not sure how she could "lose" her > > moral > > power by asserting that her stance is right and > > Bush's > > is wrong. > > > > But I was waiting to hear from Peter; I'm sure he'll > > be able to clarify. > > Let's see...what did I mean. I see moral power coming > from purity of intent with no other agenda than that > intent. Her son went to war because of the threat of > WMD. He is killed. There are no WMD. Why did you make > him go to war and die, Mr. President? You just wasted > the life of my son; you allowed his death to occur for > no reason.Why? Powerful position. But Cindy seems to > have taken a position of opposition to make Bush > "wrong" and therefore she will be "right". I see her > as attempting to humiliate Bush. Nothing can come from > this. Each side just tries to make the other side > wrong. No true moral debate. > True, and I can't argue with that. However, there is a larger effect that her protest is having, and that is, it forces the Bush Administration to divert resources, burn cycles, and in general become slower and less effective, in dealing with her opposition. And in doing so, the agenda of the Bush Administration is also ed to slowed down.
So while I agree that her perspective may be off, I personally think the greater good is being served by her protest. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
