Kakki wrote:
> I know I should not respond to this. I know I should try not to react and
> be baited. I know that some people here will in the future throw digs at me
> for this. I am shaking all over. This remark from a man of God is just as
> hateful as Falwell's remarks. Compaing "conservatives" to Bin Laden. This
> is vile. Kakki
>
> > Apparently, Osama bin Laden does. His deity also is petty, sadistic,
> > violent and generally conservative in his politics.
Kakki - I was stunned when I read this, I ahd no idea what you were referring
to, and read through everything that I had written and then read through the
column which I forwarded which denounced Falwell.
Kakki, I had not seen that line, at least to comprehend it, and as I re-read
that column, I certainly don't think meant it was any allusion at all to
American politics at that point in the column, it was a slam at bin Laden.
The wording may have been poor though and open to misunderstanding and as I was
not author, I cannot explain that. But I cannot accept that the author is
vile, he may have very poorly spoken, but he was comparing hate (Falwell) to
hate, and as we are all stressed in the moment, this was poorly worded as I
look back at it.
I certainly am in great pain for having you think those words were directed
against you. Your response to the Falwell comments were instant and
magnificent and had I any inkling that these words would have caused you pain I
never would have posted them,
My only excuse was that in getting ready for the community service tonight, my
fourth public service since Tuesday grappling with these horrors and as
overwhelmed as I have been with the pain of those who suffered, and as worried
about my son the Marine as I am, I just simply missed that sentence and missed
how it could have been interpreted.
I don't say that as an excuse, only as explanation. Kakki, there has been so
much pain, I was so honored by your comments all week, I failed to see how
this could read, and I am profoundly sorry.
Profoundly sorry.
Had I been cognizant of that line and its implications I sure as hell would
have deleted it, Kakki.
Please, please, my friend, feel no more pain over this, Please Kakki.
(the Rev) Vince
