Well David... If history is any test, if you land only one hundred rangers, in that place, likely if they stayed for long enough, none would come home. On the other hand, history shows that one hundred Quakers have a chance of staying talking and leaving, not that there have not been Quaker martyrs, there have, but it is a fact recognised by a number of religious historians that we happy few have had an effect much greater than our few numbers whould otherwise be expected to be able show. Not to sound like a Californian, the power of love is always, always greater than the power of hate. You can only kill a Nazi, with love you can turn a Nazi into an angle. It happens, a Rabbi who was being daily threatened by the head of his local KKK, here in the states, each time would say, why do you hate me so much when I love you. It must be so painful to carry such hate. Not only did the fellow leave the Klan, he converted, became Jewish. Never underestimate the power of real love, not just placating an enamy but really loving that enamy. There is no power on earth greater. And in the end, it is so very painful to carry hate in your heart. You don't forgive someone for their benifit, you forgive them for the good of your won heart, until you have forgiven the unforgivable you can't understand. I have. I forgave two lawyers who destroyed my reputation and ended my career for greed and malice. I forgave them and MY pain ended. It changed them as well, I think. One has since died, but I think before she did, the love I showed her, I think was transformative. We have to put off our pain and hope that those who hate us can put their pain off, and we must help them to put that pain off, if we don't we need a bigger lock on our door, it is as simple as that.
Cheers, Dave,
Larry