tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20587008.post8317743953038966140..comments2024-01-25T03:56:02.403-08:00Comments on Presbyterian Bloggers: Extra Devotional: Defying Dictators - why Lee Bollinger was rightMirandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380861596539183040noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20587008.post-46889574426698664252007-10-03T10:28:00.000-07:002007-10-03T10:28:00.000-07:00'indian-givers' is hardly a politically correct te...'indian-givers' is hardly a politically correct term. And as for poor manners, as I stated before, if we're more upset about the lack of courtesy rather than confronting a dictator face-to-face, then something is wrong with our faith.Stushiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10693178228505134028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20587008.post-66260715808699264702007-10-03T06:11:00.000-07:002007-10-03T06:11:00.000-07:00the issue at stake for me here is not being blunt ...the issue at stake for me here is not being blunt or truth-telling, it's an issue of hospitality. CU extended "hospitality" to someone and then revoked it in the introduction. I agree it would have been better to engage with him, including blunt truthtelling (and maybe even including some of the name-calling since some of that was truthful), in the debate time. But to invite someone, then to act the way they did, was simply rude. It's not an issue of being PC, it's an issue of good manners. The President of the University showed shockingly bad manners and has successfully reinvigorated Ahmadinejad's flagging popularity as a result. I'm all for bluntness (it's my gift, after all) and I'm all for truth-telling. I am not all for being "indian-givers" of hospitality.Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838436991138846332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20587008.post-18906461882054050812007-09-29T10:00:00.000-07:002007-09-29T10:00:00.000-07:00Perhaps you should have a real read of the Gospels...Perhaps you should have a real read of the Gospels and the prophets in the Bible. Being blunt and telling the truth is what our faith is about. Dancing around with dictators and tip-toeing with tyrants, it ain't.Stushiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10693178228505134028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20587008.post-34083976434147699182007-09-29T05:55:00.000-07:002007-09-29T05:55:00.000-07:00Face it - within our church we have people that pe...Face it - within our church we have people that persecute those that have been raped and choose to have an abortion. They persecute GLBT people that try to walk through their doors or, heaven forbid, make an attempt to become ordained. They ask that people that don't believe what they believe leave the denomination.<BR/><BR/>True, nobody is killing within our denomination. <BR/><BR/>Should I be indignant when introducing a fellow member of my church because what I believe is different from what they believe? No, I should introduce them in a civil way and hold debate in the apropriate forum.<BR/><BR/>I think that the man is not a good person and a terrible force to be in the world. That was not at issue here. What is at issue is being a good host. He was invited for debate. That debate should have been started in a civil way.Rob Monroehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15213481414668281312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20587008.post-62440902748947861822007-09-27T14:44:00.000-07:002007-09-27T14:44:00.000-07:00Poor taste? For being discourteous? What about the...Poor taste? For being discourteous? <BR/><BR/>What about the two teenage boys who were executed by hanging just for being in love with one another? What about the scores of women who have been 'honor killed' or stoned because they were raped? What about the hundreds of academics who have been imprisoned because they speak out against Ahmadinejad's regime?<BR/><BR/>If all we can complain about is the poor taste of not following the rules of debate according to Robert's Rules of order, then we have slid off into the abyss of inhumane indifference. And that's more dangerous than Ahmadinejad, because we will become bystanders once again.Stushiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10693178228505134028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20587008.post-59645537455472644362007-09-27T11:52:00.000-07:002007-09-27T11:52:00.000-07:00I think it would have been apropriate to confront ...I think it would have been apropriate to confront him during a discussion period, but not during an introduction. Poor taste.Rob Monroehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15213481414668281312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20587008.post-39900066308381413392007-09-27T10:57:00.000-07:002007-09-27T10:57:00.000-07:00That's a hard point to answer Rosemary, but I'm gl...That's a hard point to answer Rosemary, but I'm glad that Lee Bollinger, in front of the whole world, confronted Ahmadinejad.Stushiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10693178228505134028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20587008.post-48868133821869074602007-09-27T06:22:00.000-07:002007-09-27T06:22:00.000-07:00We are so used to being politically correct that t...We are so used to being politically correct that the truth becomes an affront. I don't understand why we even let this man into our country.Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07453105260057301714noreply@blogger.com