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<DIV><FONT size=3><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">Visionaries:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">Sean clearly doesn't know me if he thinks for a moment that I employ <STRONG>any </STRONG>strategy to avoid confronting an aggressor. (Perhaps he confuses me with that wily tactician, Doug Wilson.) </SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></FONT><FONT size=3><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">It is my sense that who or for what a person chooses to fight for (figuratively or literally) informs others about what matters to them. We know for whom and for what reasons Robert E. Lee resigned his commission and took up arms against the Union. Sean and Ted Ryan, please don't regurgitate the tired old States Rights defense -- that dog won't hunt anywhere north of Monroe, LA. </SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">Regardless of how Lee's "virtues" are proclaimed by Neo-Confederates and other donkey brains, his treatment of human beings nullifies, in my mind, any claim made on his behalf. Even Hitler was nice to his dog -- do you think the Humane Society will be giving little talks on dog grooming and obedience training featuring photos snapped at Berchtesgaden? </SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">For goodness sakes, this is not rocket science -- move along folks. Let's talk about some real problems, like the increase in the poverty level in this county since that compassionate conservative George Bush stole the last election. (A contemporary example of how anyone can attribute virtue where virtue is, in fact, lacking.) You know George isn't going to bed hungry -- unlike several million children in this country. That conversation is bound to lead to more useful dialogue and helpful action than trying to resuscitate the reputation of a dead slave owner.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT lang=0 face=Verdana size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">"One cannot level one's moral lance at every evil in the universe. There are just too many of them. But you can do something, and the difference between doing something and doing nothing is everything." Daniel Berrigan<BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><BR></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>