Comments on: From America’s most “tolerant” city http://www.cornellsociety.org/2008/07/untitled-3/ Unity in charity, diversity in truth Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:15:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Clarke Fountain http://www.cornellsociety.org/2008/07/untitled-3/#comment-59672 Clarke Fountain Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:12:16 +0000 http://www.cornellsociety.org/2008/07/untitled-3/#comment-59672 Back when I didn't know any better, I was a door-to-door campaigner for McGovern in a military town (Fayetteville, North Carolina). The avowed Democrats greeted me at the door with grim (or thin) smiles and hustled me away as quickly as possible. The Republicans, on the other hand, invited me and my cohorts in for tea, listened politely to what we had to say, and discussed the whole campaign in a civilized and intelligent manner. Who has a more civil society in that case? It's a no-brainer. I would not call the current occupants of elected positions exactly liberal OR conservative, with few exceptions, but I have to agree with JPG's comment. I don't think there's any necessary inevitability in the force of liberal bias resulting in more oppressive rule and legal restrictions. On the other hand, there's a very good chance that it may. As it says (many times) in the Psalms: "Put not your trust in princes." There's always a price to pay for adherence to principles even in the most sympathetic environment. May we none of us be called to pay more than we are able, and be able to pay what we are called to pay. Back when I didn’t know any better, I was a door-to-door campaigner for McGovern in a military town (Fayetteville, North Carolina). The avowed Democrats greeted me at the door with grim (or thin) smiles and hustled me away as quickly as possible. The Republicans, on the other hand, invited me and my cohorts in for tea, listened politely to what we had to say, and discussed the whole campaign in a civilized and intelligent manner. Who has a more civil society in that case? It’s a no-brainer. I would not call the current occupants of elected positions exactly liberal OR conservative, with few exceptions, but I have to agree with JPG’s comment.

I don’t think there’s any necessary inevitability in the force of liberal bias resulting in more oppressive rule and legal restrictions. On the other hand, there’s a very good chance that it may. As it says (many times) in the Psalms: “Put not your trust in princes.” There’s always a price to pay for adherence to principles even in the most sympathetic environment. May we none of us be called to pay more than we are able, and be able to pay what we are called to pay.

]]> By: JPG http://www.cornellsociety.org/2008/07/untitled-3/#comment-58355 JPG Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:41:24 +0000 http://www.cornellsociety.org/2008/07/untitled-3/#comment-58355 Liberals in my experience tend to be the most intolerant. Aside from the homosexual setting this could have been written by Cromwell or Cramner. It would be fascinating to see what would happen if such a thing found itself before the " Supremes". JPG Liberals in my experience tend to be the most intolerant. Aside from the homosexual setting this could have been written by Cromwell or Cramner. It would be fascinating to see what would happen if such a thing found itself before the ” Supremes”.
JPG

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