XPost: alt.books.cs-lewis, rec.arts.books.tolkien   
   From: news@pointerstop.ca   
      
   > Robert J. Kolker wrote:   
   >> Stan Brown wrote:   
   >> >>   
   >> >>Every time I hear this "let's not stoop to the level of our enemies"   
   >> >>crap I reach for my Uzi.   
   >> >   
   >> >   
   >> > Thus proving my point.   
   >> >   
   >> > "He who lives by the sword will die by the sword", I believe a   
   >> > religious figure said.   
   >>   
   >> But he who does not live by the sword will die sooner by the sword than   
   >> he who lives by the sword. He who lives by the sword intelligently shall   
   >> die in bed well stricken with years. Stalin, who was a monster, died in   
   >> his bed.   
      
   Of course, nobody who _didn't_ live by the sword ever lived to a ripe old   
   age.  Many of Stalin's enemies also "lived by the sword".  All you've shown   
   is that he was the toughest of the bunch.   
      
   I'll take my chances with the pacifist approach, thanks.   
   --   
   derek   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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