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January 15, 2011 There are times when civility is not the answer
There can certainly be too much civility. This is especially true where civility morphs into a hyper politeness that politicians can cower behind as political subterfuge. There's hardly a more graphic example than the black genocide going on in....America.
Chuck Colson, on his Breakpoint Commentary, relates the story of Walter Hoy, a modern day Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Like Dr. King, Hoy uses non-violence to focus his ministry on the plight of African Americans. Additionally, like his predecessor, he's spent time behind bars for his convictions. Mr. Hoy has been jailed in the U.S. for violating a "bubble zone" ordinance in an abortion facility where he'd been counseling for life. When Dr. King wrote his letter, From a Birmingham Jail, he addressed those who thought his civil rights activities unwise and untimely. In his speeches, Hoy also addresses those who say that his cause is worthy and just but that he should just wait. "I can't wait." Hoy says. "You see, my people are dying." Mr. Obama's silence on this African American genocide is deafening. Of course, he's quite civil on the matter. He's civilly and politely quiet. And, sadly, so too are all those tea-party conservatives who admonish us to disregard the moral issues. Perhaps we do so at our own peril. Scripture relates the story of Jesus over-turning the tables of the merchants who'd turned the ancient temple into a bazaar. The Apostle Paul counsels that one can, "be angry and sin not." (Eph 4:26). Certainly there are moral matters worth fighting for, even if doing so ruffles feathers and appears to be uncivil. Bill Weckesser E. Lansing, MI |
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