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From: pete@valid.UUCP (Pete Zakel)
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Subject: Re: Autodialing Falwell - a different perspective
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Date: Thu, 23-Jan-86 21:11:22 EST
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> >
> >Apply the golden rule.  If you had an 800 number for abortion information,
> >would you want Mr. Falwell's supporters calling it with their autodialers?
> >
> >--
> >Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd. - Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473
>      
> Do you really think something like 'Do to others as you would be done'
> would stand in the way of Mr. Falwell's and/or other zealots'
> actions against something 'so obviously sinful and shameful in
> the sight of God'?  I think a good example of this is the bombings
> of abortion clinics and women's health centers across the country.
>      
> I've never quite understood how the Golden Rule and these groups (as
> well as others) go together.  This sort of self-contradiction
> sort of weakens their credibility in my eyes.
>      

Part of the purpose of using the Golden Rule is to set an example.  If you
start putting yourself on the level of the Falwells and Reagans and
Khadafies, you end up doing what they are doing and you are JUST AS BAD
as they are.  The idea is to raise yourself above their level.  Once they
are in a sufficient minority, they lose their power.

-Pete Zakel (..!{hplabs,amd,pyramid,ihnp4}!pesnta!valid!pete)