tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571146151683416940.post227321737324409528..comments2024-03-16T10:05:23.129-07:00Comments on LA Quaker: Cuba Si! Celebrating the achievements of this island of resistance to US imperialismLA Quakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11084465501021443492noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571146151683416940.post-5920560389589517332013-08-05T07:13:19.674-07:002013-08-05T07:13:19.674-07:00I enjoy your blog and appreciate your ethic, but I...I enjoy your blog and appreciate your ethic, but I had to say this post baffles me. I am particularly suprised at your defense of John Brown's raid. <br /><br />John Brown was a murderer, obsessed with Old Testament violence, deluded into believing that he was some sort of avenging agent of God's wrath, and likely insane. His violence begat more violence, as violence always does. The Quakers of his day were happy to assist him in helping fugitive slaves, but would have nothing to do with his violence and would never had categorized his attack on the Harper's Ferry arsenal as justifiable, even as a "last resort."<br /><br />In my humble opinion, endorsing the violence of John Brown is inconsistent with an ethic of peace and nonviolence.<br /><br />Hope you don't mind my weighing in on this.<br /><br />peaceBillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01640663629610290592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571146151683416940.post-38906400635635377502013-08-03T18:14:14.761-07:002013-08-03T18:14:14.761-07:00Thanks for your comments about Che. I confess I kn...Thanks for your comments about Che. I confess I know little about him. As I said, I have mixed feelings about the Cuban revolution. I posted this to counter the demonizing of Castro and Cuba, not to eulogies them.LA Quakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11084465501021443492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571146151683416940.post-36734038414351577292013-07-29T09:06:33.855-07:002013-07-29T09:06:33.855-07:00Celebrating Che...?!!
I'm baffled/upset/dishe...Celebrating Che...?!!<br /><br />I'm baffled/upset/disheartened. Have you read a scholarly biography on Che Guevara?<br /><br />Not only did Che seriously consciously reject Jesus, but he denied the very words/commands of Jesus from the NT. Read what he had to say negatively about Jesus.<br /><br />Even worse (if that's possible), Che was a murderer and a thief, etc. I still remember<br />the shock when I read how he murdered one man, and as the man lay dying, Che had the immoral gall to try and yank the dying man's wristwatch off the man's wrist:-(<br /><br />Also, when Che had the choice of whether to carry his medicine (being a doctor), or abandon it to carry instead more ammunition, he chose the latter.<br /><br />And don't forget that Che was the man in charge of hundreds of executions at the end of the war:-(<br /><br />Che was against most of what you hold most dearly. But don't take my word for it. Read any scholarly biography about the murderer.<br /><br />(This in no way excuses the wrong our own government did.)<br /><br />Daniel WilcoxDaniel Wilcoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05178375087492786696noreply@blogger.com