<div dir="ltr">I was raised in a family of Seventh Day Adventists, and have heard variations of this story of faith from people whom the cross written on the ground gave enough strength to endure torture until freedom came. Did this story happen only once, to
Solzhenitsyn? Of course not, however, his story is far more well known than the missionaries, Argentines, and East Germans I knew in my youth who survived horrid ordeals.<br><br>The cross is a symbol of faith to Christians, just as a pentagram is to a Wiccan. If you are not of a religion/faith with a symbol, personally, I don't think you can understand the hope one receives from that symbol in times of turmoil.<br>
<br>I have no intention of voting McCain. However, I think this is a non-issue, at least for me. I want to hear about what is going to be done to get rid of the domestic terrorism of gangs that is literally shredding our inner cities. Health care, the environment, etc..<br>
<br>Janesta<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 12:09 PM, Tom Hansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Thanks for bringing this up, Nick.<br>
<br>
John McCain has told this story about when he was a POW and his captor<br>
drew a cross in the sand and that he'll never forget.<br>
<br>
However his story is extremely similar to the story told by by Alexander<br>
Solzhenitsyn. Sure this type of thing could happen more then once however<br>
McCain seems to be a Solzhenitzyn buff. He even wrote a piece on him for<br>
the New York Sun<br>
<br>
The video from the Saddleback interview:<br>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4bTvhXMO7I" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4bTvhXMO7I</a><br>
<br>
"Solzhenitsyn at Work" by John McCain (August 8, 2008) from the New York<br>
Sun:<br>
<a href="http://www.nysun.com/opinion/solzhenitsyn-at-work/83117/" target="_blank">http://www.nysun.com/opinion/solzhenitsyn-at-work/83117/</a><br>
<br>
I am waiting for his to steal that line used by Steve Martin in "The<br>
Jerk" . . .<br>
<br>
"I was born a poor black child . . . "<br>
<br>
Seeya round town, Moscow.<br>
<br>
Tom Hansen<br>
Moscow, Idaho<br>
<br>
"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college<br>
students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."<br>
<br>
- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)<br>
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