YIKES! I'd rather lose A FEW schools (though CERTAINLY not shelters for the
young - or for the older for that matter...) than to give up ALL fruits...
'course that's just mee... are you sure you got that quote right Glenn? LOL,
Rick
On Sep 15, 2011, at 4:32 PM, Glenn wrote:
> Then He speaks
exually assault his girlfriend at
> gunpoint."
>
> This alone trivializes the crime, as if watching the crime was worse than
> suffering it.
>
>
> From: owner-univc...@list.purple.com [mailto:owner-univc...@list.purple.com]
> On Behalf Of Joe Clarke
> Sent:
list.purple.com [mailto:owner-univc...@list.purple.com] On
Behalf Of Joe Clarke
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 2:05 PM
To: Glenn
Cc: UnivCity@list.purple.com
Subject: Re: [UC] Many victims of violence
Glenn, You know one way to further assault the victim is by politicizing the
crime, rather than seeking
Then He speaks to the multitudes of the city
"Share the fruits and wine from this harvest"
"With all of your brothers and sisters"
"Build schools and shelters for the young"
"Love them and give to them, as I love you"
"Only then will your garden flourish"
"And nourish you forever more"
On 9/15/2
> Politicization of people makes them mindless pawns of greater
> socia-economic-historic forces, and leaves them with no sense of
> reponsibility or agency for doing good.
Absurd, maybe, because with no power can there be good? Or with no good, can
there be power? Let's use each to enhan
While it is essential to keep in mind the individual landscape, it is also
as essential to see the wider context in which the individual options and
circumstances are situated, and this is necessarily political. Ignoring one
for the benefit of the other leads to an incomplete understanding of the
Glenn, You know one way to further assault the victim is by politicizing the
crime, rather than seeking justice for the victim(s). Politicization of
people makes them mindless pawns of greater socia-economic-historic forces,
and leaves them with no sense of reponsibility or agency for doing good.
It is quite likely that there have been other victims of this young
perpetrator's violence, who are suffering and without help. I hope we
all include those suffering in silence in our prayers.
The incident reported was horrible and requires our serious
consideration and discussion. We owe t
