The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #30122   Message #385351
Posted By: Skeptic
29-Jan-01 - 10:37 PM
Thread Name: U.S. growing more and more disturbing
Subject: RE: U.S. growing more and more disturbing
Guest, I recommend "The Folk Song Army" by Tom Lehrer. He says it less bluntly.

Put in another context, you make (sincerely I think) a common mistake. "All we have to do is try hard enough and be nice to one another". I applaud the sentiment, but we all have to do a lot more. Most don't and won't. I'm sorry but your "being nice" sounds patronizing at best, hypocritical at worst. Simple solutions to complex problems end up not solving anything.

Consider that Christ healed the sick...and drove the moneylenders out of the Temple, too. Wasn't too nice about it either.

Troll, Please be more careful. You are the disillusioned idealist who grew bitter. I'm the one who became cynical.

Regards,

John