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   "Robert"  wrote in message   
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   >> Did he ever express any views on the Spanish Civil War, 1936?   
   (snip)   
   > And by implying that Lewis only wrote what he did so that he could get   
   > published and not be persecuted is simply ignorant slander.   
   >   
   On this we agree.   
   That being said, for the first time since the Vietnam War I've joined the   
   Peace initiative.  My Methodist bishops have come out with a statement   
   against the Iraq war.  I actually surprised myself being in full agreement   
   with that statement and have begun to be an anti-war activist.  I  wonder if   
   the powers that be will read this and place me on 'The List'.  To even   
   express this fear is how so many people I talk to view what has happened to   
   our American government.   
   I'm re-reading CSL's 'Why I Am Not a Pacifist'.  I'll write about it soon.   
   I'll tell you that I went to a Quaken affiliated college, Earlham in   
   Richmond, Indiana, for my undergrad work.  My Plato prof was the great   
   philosopher and Quaker D. Elton Trueblood.  I've not felt so betrayed by my   
   governement since those days as I feel today- betrayed morally and   
   spiritually by my government.  The damage is so deep to the American system   
   as not to be fully assessed for decades; but we've given up many civil   
   liberties in the guise of anti-terrorism, we've been lied to, we are victims   
   of almost daily scare tactics (such as, Do what I say or the terrorist will   
   win, and divers convolutions of same.), billions up on billions are being   
   spent to what end?   
   The human toll on all sides is horrific and no end in sight.  We are being   
   led by an utterly incompetent leader for all the wrong and false reasons.   
   We've talked about a 'just war' on this group.  We've discussed Geneva   
   Accords on this group.  This 'war' unsanctioned by Congress, indeed, not   
   dealt with in any meaningful way by Congress, is immoral.  Period.   
   Dan has given some good insight into CSL's thinking about the Spanish   
   American war.  I'll write something after I've re-studied CSL's essay, 'Why   
   I Am Not a Pacifist'.   
   I'd appreciate hearing from others- hopefully not politics, but the moral   
   and actual efficacy of the war in specifically Iraq, and perhaps   
   Afghanistan.   
   Did we do enough to be peacemakers as we are commanded by Christ before war   
   was waged in these two countries?   
   Pray for Peace!   
   Ann   
      
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