tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515623400892045324.post5111248292038289977..comments2020-03-11T19:55:50.854-04:00Comments on Art & Document: "I Will Not Rejoice in the Death of One"Timothy Cahillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10603395656560067724noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515623400892045324.post-76896028976641583032011-05-05T16:09:07.899-04:002011-05-05T16:09:07.899-04:00Well researched. I appreciate the comments, and i...Well researched. I appreciate the comments, and it reminds me of the value of perspective as voiced by Solomon in the Biblical book of Ecclesiastes: <br /><br /> 15 I have seen everything in this meaningless life, including the death of good young people and the long life of wicked people. 16 So don’t be too good or too wise! Why destroy yourself? 17 On the other hand, don’t be too wicked either. Don’t be a fool! Why die before your time? 18 Pay attention to these instructions, for anyone who fears God will avoid both extremes.<br /><br />Thanks.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00686610075922765442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515623400892045324.post-37364329466699571212011-05-04T20:24:10.648-04:002011-05-04T20:24:10.648-04:00Thank you for supplying the research and the thoug...Thank you for supplying the research and the thoughtful words. It was very helpful for me, altough many of my acquaintances aren't prepared to listen or discuss the sentiments. Once again it's either you are with us (in celebrating Osama's death) or you are (totally) against us. It makes me sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515623400892045324.post-35269530016499773572011-05-04T13:02:26.523-04:002011-05-04T13:02:26.523-04:00Dear Tim, thank you for the seriousness of this pi...Dear Tim, thank you for the seriousness of this piece, and the detective work. I have a peach pit in my throat on the subject of the assassination of Bin Laden, and am afraid to open my liberal Pandora's box of rants about US duplicity, who knew what when, why it was it was decided to murder him now and to whose advantage. And do we have any idea who is going to rush into the breach, that abhorrent vacuum?<br /><br />I have an newsreel in my mind, of all the white-haired walrus-moustached generals with their swords and their chests mosaic-ed with medals from World War I, the War to End All Wars. They're sitting on a dais with royalty, and the wounded soldiers are parading by and saluting, and all the women in the crowd are waving lace hankies. It's always the old generals who send the young up out of the trenches to die in No Man's Land. And the US ordinance and armies spreading across the world like a virus after the Treaty of Versailles. . .<br /><br />Oh, Lord, forgive me, Tim, don't post this if it is way off subject. I just wish there were a way to be a citizen Conscientious Objector (yes, supposedly the vote does that--ha!) or that the Hague could take the US to task for the last 100 years of empire.Melissa Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270919534011711225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515623400892045324.post-67429019826137841972011-05-03T22:14:18.708-04:002011-05-03T22:14:18.708-04:00Thank you so so so much :)Thank you so so so much :)Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13380018931652828150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515623400892045324.post-49283595605917492192011-05-03T11:39:33.140-04:002011-05-03T11:39:33.140-04:00A friend of mine sent me a link to your blog after...A friend of mine sent me a link to your blog after I posted my own blog on the subject of Bin Laden's death and my reaction to the celebration (http://lauramarie.posterous.com) and, because I too posted the quote attributed to Martin Luther King Jr. <br /><br />This was so beautifully written. Thank you so much for taking the time to research Dr. King's words and for sharing your feelings on the matter.Laura Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18101477981055397914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515623400892045324.post-58805176906256636552011-05-03T11:11:37.833-04:002011-05-03T11:11:37.833-04:00http://area43.net/?p=78
I wrote on this and found...http://area43.net/?p=78<br /><br />I wrote on this and found the original person who started the whole thing!Josehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14951008614914704220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515623400892045324.post-19018851836790220082011-05-03T10:19:42.521-04:002011-05-03T10:19:42.521-04:00Thanks so much both for the research and for the g...Thanks so much both for the research and for the great quotes. If only MLK's spirit prevailed.Country Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13294472166693008328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515623400892045324.post-59555398337411704522011-05-03T10:02:55.148-04:002011-05-03T10:02:55.148-04:00Thank you for posting this. To me it feels disresp...Thank you for posting this. To me it feels disrespectful to misquote one of the most influential men in our history. Hopefully the truth will be seen.Freckleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07108857581664921434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515623400892045324.post-71809273614123703972011-05-03T09:33:38.779-04:002011-05-03T09:33:38.779-04:00thank you, Tim, for this in-depth exploration; i s...thank you, Tim, for this in-depth exploration; i saw the King quote also, on FB, promulgated by a number of my friends, and as the sentiment felt real, didn't question it. Maybe because i am a woman, i did not feel that thrill of victory; just a sense of exhaustion, and trepidation, of where the next turn of the wheel would lead. i like very much, btw, King's distinction between "like" and "love" when it comes to one's enemies. <br />--susansusan t. landryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12454487318141469849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515623400892045324.post-16297351151699094922011-05-03T02:17:55.337-04:002011-05-03T02:17:55.337-04:00This further reinforces your point...
From "...This further reinforces your point...<br /><br />From "Where Are We Going: Chaos or Community?" by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.:<br /><br />"The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, <br />begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. <br />Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it.<br />Through violence you may murder the liar, <br />but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. <br />Through violence you may murder the hater, <br />but you do not murder hate. <br />In fact, violence merely increases hate. <br />So it goes. <br />Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, <br />adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. <br />Darkness cannot drive out darkness: <br />only light can do that. <br />Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that."Timothy Farrellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515623400892045324.post-50325410167045183322011-05-03T01:23:13.500-04:002011-05-03T01:23:13.500-04:00Thank you! I was looking for the information you f...Thank you! I was looking for the information you found. And your comments on the situation are spot on!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com