Everybody,I know, I said that I was “out’a here,” but I need to clear something up. There’s been some confusion over my “meaning” regarding the following:
Thank the Christian God and his only begotten Son, Jesus Christ- that a man of such moral strength, courage and resolve as George W. Bush won the election! …etc.
It appears that I not only failed at that time to make my point to
doug s., but apparently a few others have stumbled over this statement. To clarify, the comment was based on the following post by doug s:
attacking iraq *was* wrong – anyone who was not greedy or stupid knew it long before we attacked. america *is* immoral. i am embarrased, not proud to be american. an intellectual cretin, masquarading under the guise or religious morals, tries (and succeeds) to con this country into believing that only another holy war against the muslim infidels will make this god-fearing christian nation safe again. when he doesn’t give a rat’s a** about morals, only is concerned about keeping his military-industrial-complex & oil buddies fat & happy. no other argument about iraq makes any sense
As I’ve already stated in the “
Wake Up Call” post, I felt this comment was clearly inflammatory, challenging, in poor taste and ultimately, unacceptable in this thread. I realize my methods are not always “optimal” when presented with such, but alas, I am only a man and fallible as anybody. Although I make no excuses, as I feel I am called to rise above such temptations. Nevertheless, for all my efforts, I slip from time-to-time.
Seeing that, although I try to live by what I view to be a higher moral standard of behavior, my nature is often strongly opposed to this effort. In response to head-on challenges, rather than pausing to reflect and retain composure, my nature is to “throw it back in their face.” I’m not typically the type to back down from a fight when I feel the cause is just.
So…when doug s. made that statement, my response was to say something that was as diametrically opposed to his position as I could think of. The intent was: “So, you want to start throwing rocks? Well, let me “bang your head a little with this boulder.” I had figured that it would demonstrate the futility of “going there,” and consequently, he would just “back off.” You know – shock effect. Sort of like one of my favorite talk show hosts uses – good ‘ol “Rush-bo.” Say something clearly controversial (and potentially absurd to others) to point out the absurdity and extremism on their part
No offense but…well, it appeared then to have gone “right over his head,” and seems to continue to be doing so with others. My fault: I expect too much from others. It happens pretty frequently here at home as well. Obviously I’m the one with the problem, not everybody else.
So, I apologize. Not for my beliefs (and THAT IS what I believe), but for how I presented them in a challenging and less-than-diplomatic way. As far as clarifying the statement itself,
Scott Mayo pretty much summed it up so there’s no need for me to elaborate further. Just thought you all needed to know. Sorry.
-Bob
