Dianne, at 11:39 on Mar 11 1997, you wrote to David Drummond ...

>> DL> My children are not screwed up and only learnt offensive 
>> DL> words like abo from other people, what they learn from me 
>> DL> is to treat people as they treat them, if someone hits 
>> DL> you hit them back...or are you going to say self defense 
>> DL> is not taught.
 
>> When I was a kid I was taught "two wrongs do not make a 
>> right".  Have you heard the expression "turn the other 
>> cheek"?

DL> sure i have....and i can see myself saying never mind 
DL> grandson go to school and let them call you names and hit 
DL> you.

DL> Maybe you should tell that to the people making big business 
DL> out of SELF DEFENSE classes....
DL> and by the way grandson goes to them ...

Is it run by whites, or Asians?

DL> it is not wrong to DEFEND yourself and i bet if someone hit 
DL> you it would be unlikely you would turn the other cheek so 
DL> don't preach a lot of shit to me, and you forgot to use the 
DL> words MAKETH and THOU. 

I was struck by a "coloured person" at a dance once (in my
youth).  I did not hit him back, I thought "silly pissed person"
and walked off.

DL> Crap from the bible LOOKETH where it got THOU poor JEWISH bastard Jesus 
DL> Christ, nailed to a cross because he was a Jew, wasn't it him that coined 
DL> that phrase turn the other cheek.

Jesus wasn't nailed up by decent white folks, and he was nailed up for his
religious beliefs - they didn't match those of the authorities.

If everyone followed Jesus' teachings on how to lead our lives, the world
would be a much happier place. Then again, if we all followed the
philosophies in "Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance" the
world would be a lot nicer too.

David
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