From a netfriend: It is highly offensive and utterly unrealistic to blame protesters for this war or for Saddam Hussein’s resistance. Protesters support non-violent resolution of disputes. We support disarmament – of everyone who has weapons of mass destruction. We support all nations being held accountable when they ignore UN resolutions. The protesters simply do […]
A netfriend wrote: what does it mean, then, to respect someone’e opinions our pm asked protesters to respect his opinions; he wanted them to shut up and go away respect means esteem or deferential regard felt or shown … the condition of being esteemed or honoured … to treat with consideration, refrain from interfering with […]
Hi, This article is from Naomi Klein’s website, http://www.nologo.org H We Have You Surrounded by Naomi Klein > March 27 2003 As a kid, I had trouble understanding why my parents and siblings lived in Montreal and the rest of my family ? grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins ? were scattered across the United States. On […]
Simon Longstaff 19 March 2003 In recent years we have come to see a marked increase in the level of community concern about the issue of executive remuneration. Indeed, a recent visitor from the United Kingdom was heard to ask if this was a particularly Australian phenomenon – a question prompted by a series of […]
WHY JUST WAR THEORY IS A BAD IDEA FOR EPISCOPALIANS Sunday Forum St mark’s Cathedral, Seattle 2 March 2003 The Revd Dr Bruce Kaye General Secretary The Anglican Church of Australia, General Synod I am very conscious that I speak to you as a visitor to your country and a guest of your church on […]
We fast not for God, but our egos By Theodore Dalrymple Self-denial is no longer about depriving ourselves of pleasures for religious reasons, but about improving our life-expectancy in the face of self-indulgence, argues our reporter, who has given up Lent for Lent ONCE UPON A TIME, mortification of the flesh was an aid to […]
Tony & Peggy Campolo Is the Homosexual My Neighbor? —————————————————————————- —- This following is a transcript of a videotape of a talk at North Park College Chapel on February 29, 1996. Tony Campolo: I’m so pleased to be with you and so is Peggy. We were looking forward to this with great anticipation. First of […]
PAUL KELLY March 26, 2003 IT is tempting to believe the new orthodoxy that America’s war of pre-emption against Iraq is the precursor to even more US-led wars – yet this view is almost surely wrong. Far from Iraq being the precedent that launches a new US global strategy this war will represent the best […]
American audiences are seeing and reading about a different war than the rest of the world. The news coverage in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, reflects and defines the widening perception gap about the motives for this war. Surveys show that an increasing number of Americans believe this is a just war, while most […]
ANGLICAN MEDIA SYDNEY http://www.anglicanmedia.com.au/news/archives/000909.php#more March 24, 2003 The darkness of these days will be dispelled by God’s radiance says Defence Force Bishop Read the address from Dr Tom Frame, Anglican Bishop to the Australian Defence Force, given at a service of prayer for those deployed to the Middle East. Full Story: A service of prayer […]