Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Two fascinating pieces on Bush and God in this week's Newsweek - one about Bush and his "finding" Jesus, and a piece by Martin Marty about God, war and politics. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Daniel Ridings Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 3:10 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Bush and God > backseat to righteousness, and the finer nuances of a complicated > issue are painted over with broad strokes. > > Tired metaphors are so appropriate sometimes. Well, we shouldn't be too despondent. Plato let Socrates hash this out without ever really coming to a result (Plato never does). Justice, right/wrong ... yesterday's papers :) Daniel > > Patrick > > > --- Daniel Ridings wrote: > > > You've made a couple of good points, Doug. The > > claims are made to > > "a nervous population", that is, to their own > > people, internal > > consumption. Unfortunately, modern lines of > > communication echo the silly > > claims beyond the intended audience. If the same > > claims are ever made to > > an external audience, like the UN ... THEN we're in > > for a rough ride :) > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > -- > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html