"The Execution of a Peace Activist' (freeper style)

[Joanne98]

Cal Thomas: The Execution of a 'Peace Activist
Tribune Media Services ^ | March 15, 2006 | Cal Thomas


Posted on 03/15/2006 5:11:37 PM PST by RWR8189


ARLINGTON, VA. -- The death of "peace activist" Tom Fox, and the threatened execution of the three others held with him in Iraq, is doubly tragic.

It is tragic whenever an innocent person is murdered. It is also tragic because the likelihood that the presence of Mr. Fox and his colleagues would change the attitude or behavior of their captors was zero to none.

That the "peace activists" believed their brand of Christianity would trump the fanatical Muslims who regarded them as infidels and worthy of death meant that Mr. Fox and the others would either be used for propaganda purposes by the enemies of freedom or made to sacrifice their lives like animals on an ancient altar in the furtherance of the fanatics' dream of a theocratic state. In this instance, they were used for both.

The motive of the activists was exposed in a statement from Christian Peacemaker Teams, under whose auspices Mr. Fox and the others traveled to Iraq. Spokeswoman Jessica Phillips said, "We believe that the root cause of the abduction of our colleagues is the U.S.- and British-led invasion and occupation of Iraq."

Strange thing about these peace movements: They rarely mobilize to oppose the killing, torture and imprisonment practiced by dictators. It is only when their own country attempts to end the oppression that the activists become active against America, not the initiators of evil. Peace, like happiness, is a byproduct, not a goal that can be unilaterally attained. Peace happens when evil is vanquished

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[Kerrytravelers]

1. So... when will the neocons, the fundy fruitcakes and their followers be

vanquished? That will be the end of the real evil.

[Joanne98]

2. GET IT BEFORE IT DISAPEARS!

When fools coddle up to maniacs, the fools die. This is hardly unexpected. Hopefully, over time, the naive and delusional will wake up to reality.



2 posted on 03/15/2006 5:14:56 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham (A Liberal: One who demands half of your pie, because he didn't bake one.)
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To: nutmeg
Strange thing about these peace movements: They rarely mobilize to oppose the killing, torture and imprisonment practiced by dictators.

Cal Thomas -- brilliant, as usual



3 posted on 03/15/2006 5:14:59 PM PST by Bigg Red (Never trust Democrats with national security.)
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To: RWR8189
Peace activists are stuck on stupid...



4 posted on 03/15/2006 5:15:12 PM PST by darkwing104 (Let's get dangerous)
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To: RWR8189
I thought this Fox guy was a Quaker. They are not, last time I looked, classical Christians. In fact, they have a lot more in common with the Moslems in Morocco than Christians in any country.
Still, the Islamofascists would have considered him an infidel precisely because he was NOT a Christian.

Remember, they kill Christians and Jews while reciting entirely different Koranic verses than they use when killing Infidels.


5 posted on 03/15/2006 5:15:18 PM PST by muawiyah (-)
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To: RWR8189
Part of me is glad that Fox died, it shows us all how wrong the movement is, their ignorance is the only thing that keeps it alive.



6 posted on 03/15/2006 5:17:10 PM PST by William Creel
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To: RWR8189
The "Peace Activists" by encouraging the murdering thugs of Islam have caused the death of many, including US servicemen. I will not mourn the death of someone who is complicit in murder.



7 posted on 03/15/2006 5:18:04 PM PST by FreePaul
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To: RWR8189
Reminds me of the guy and his girlfriend who were buddies with bears. Until they got eaten.





8 posted on 03/15/2006 5:18:11 PM PST by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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To: RWR8189
Matthew 7:21
"Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.

Matthew 7:22
"Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?'

Matthew 7:23
"And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'
(NKJV)



9 posted on 03/15/2006 5:19:02 PM PST by alpha-8-25-02 ("SAVED BY GRACE AND GRACE ALONE")
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To: RWR8189
I think that about says it all. May God rest the soul of Tom Fox, and forgive him his idiocies.



10 posted on 03/15/2006 5:20:11 PM PST by appleharvey
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To: RWR8189
I am still baffled as to why anyone, at least any patriotic American, would be at all saddened by Fox's death.

Were we saddened when Qusay and Uday were killed? Are we saddened when a US predator takes out a house full of terrorists? Are we saddened when a US sniper picks off an insurgent or someone harboring one?

Fox was a traitor to his nation. He aligned himself with terrorists. He provided media cover to the enemy and made it harder for US forces to operate in theater.

Why should I be in the least bit saddened by Fox's death? Why is anyone?



11 posted on 03/15/2006 5:21:35 PM PST by Longbow1969
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Christian peace activists occupy an unfortunate no-man's land. When they're killed, the right has no sympathy for them because they're peaceniks. And the left has no sympathy because they're Christians. The death of a Christian peace activist goes relatively unmourned.



12 posted on 03/15/2006 5:24:05 PM PST by Yardstick
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To: appleharvey
I just hope no troops are killed trying to rescue the activists from their own Useful Idiocy.



13 posted on 03/15/2006 5:24:38 PM PST by Wristpin ("The Yankees announce plan to buy every player in Baseball....")
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14 posted on 03/15/2006 5:24:52 PM PST by John Lenin (The Soviet Collapse=The Left's Humpty Dumpty)
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To: John Lenin
LOL, that is hilarious!



15 posted on 03/15/2006 5:27:10 PM PST by proud_yank (Liberalism - The 'Culture of Ignorance'.)
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I always knew being stupid could get you killed ...



16 posted on 03/15/2006 5:29:33 PM PST by John Lenin (The Soviet Collapse=The Left's Humpty Dumpty)
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To: RWR8189
Tom Fox: "I come in peace!"

Terorists: "Then go in pieces."





17 posted on 03/15/2006 5:30:51 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Yardstick
the right has no sympathy for them because they're peaceniks. And the left has no sympathy because they're Christians
The irony of course is that they are neither for peace nor Christian. Their deeds encourage evil and cause further division and strife. The lack of mourning for their wasted lives is fitting. Let us save our respects for heroes who die for us, not fools who die for an alien ideology.


18 posted on 03/15/2006 5:39:40 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Well, he did find eternal peace, but he didn't have to go all the way over there to find it.



19 posted on 03/15/2006 5:41:23 PM PST by Ilky Hucktar
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To: Right Wing Assault
Reminds me of the guy and his girlfriend who were buddies with bears. Until they got eaten.
That would be Timothy "I would be honored to end up as bear scat" Treadwell.

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To: RWR8189
We are in an argument of religious ideology versus government. That is alien to us, because we preserve the idea of religion as a separate and precious entity. Our Government is separate from any religion, because it has to be. There is no religion that will command anything in this Republic. We have a Constitution that dictates that. We don't defame nor do we encroach on those religions. Nor do we endorse them. We let them alone to be themselves. Our culture is one of tolerance and understanding. We are built that way. We are also built to protect and defend our country. Our country is our church, and our beliefs, and our structure, and our neighbors. These are the things that we believe in, from God, from family, from values. These won't change, we are people that love liberty, but we won't stand for intimidation.
The Muslim faith is pushing us, and we are starting to understand what that religion is about, and we don't like it. We shouldn't! It's anti everything we know! I don't need to know another Muslim, I don't really care. They're nuts, just plain crazy. We are not like that. We can see the difference between "nuts" and "different", we allow that. "Nuts", just might get you killed, in the middle of the night in my living room.

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[annabanana]

9. dear Lord God that is ugly..

hate and bile-filled murderous sadistic disgusting

What kind of people are they? How drunk to they have to be to face themselves in a mirror?

[Kerrytravelers]

10. freepers really are on a Crusade:

The Muslim faith is pushing us, and we are starting to understand what that religion is about, and we don't like it. We shouldn't! It's anti everything we know! I don't need to know another Muslim, I don't really care. They're nuts, just plain crazy.


And here we are, yet again, defining what makes someone a "Christian." I guess believing in peace doesn't make one a "Classical Christian." :eyes:


I thought this Fox guy was a Quaker. They are not, last time I looked, classical Christians. In fact, they have a lot more in common with the Moslems in Morocco than Christians in any country.



ON EDIT: Sorry. Meant to reply to OP.

[babylonsister]

3. I dissolved a friendship of over 30 years after arguing

over a Cal Thomas article. There's no reasoning with him or people who agree with him.

[Joanne98]

6. I feel for you! But ......

[AlCzervik]

4. this one here--sick

To: RWR8189
Part of me is glad that Fox died, it shows us all how wrong the movement is, their ignorance is the only thing that keeps it alive.


6 posted on 03/15/2006 5:17:10 PM PST by William Creel
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[Joanne98]

7. William Creel. bookmark it......

[Joanne98]

5. More . excuse the overlap

To: RWR8189
Christian peace activists occupy an unfortunate no-man's land. When they're killed, the right has no sympathy for them because they're peaceniks. And the left has no sympathy because they're Christians. The death of a Christian peace activist goes relatively unmourned.



12 posted on 03/15/2006 5:24:05 PM PST by Yardstick
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To: appleharvey
I just hope no troops are killed trying to rescue the activists from their own Useful Idiocy.



13 posted on 03/15/2006 5:24:38 PM PST by Wristpin ("The Yankees announce plan to buy every player in Baseball....")
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14 posted on 03/15/2006 5:24:52 PM PST by John Lenin (The Soviet Collapse=The Left's Humpty Dumpty)
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To: John Lenin
LOL, that is hilarious!



15 posted on 03/15/2006 5:27:10 PM PST by proud_yank (Liberalism - The 'Culture of Ignorance'.)
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I always knew being stupid could get you killed ...



16 posted on 03/15/2006 5:29:33 PM PST by John Lenin (The Soviet Collapse=The Left's Humpty Dumpty)
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To: RWR8189
Tom Fox: "I come in peace!"

Terorists: "Then go in pieces."





17 posted on 03/15/2006 5:30:51 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Yardstick
the right has no sympathy for them because they're peaceniks. And the left has no sympathy because they're Christians
The irony of course is that they are neither for peace nor Christian. Their deeds encourage evil and cause further division and strife. The lack of mourning for their wasted lives is fitting. Let us save our respects for heroes who die for us, not fools who die for an alien ideology.


18 posted on 03/15/2006 5:39:40 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Well, he did find eternal peace, but he didn't have to go all the way over there to find it.



19 posted on 03/15/2006 5:41:23 PM PST by Ilky Hucktar
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To: Right Wing Assault
Reminds me of the guy and his girlfriend who were buddies with bears. Until they got eaten.
That would be Timothy "I would be honored to end up as bear scat" Treadwell.


20 posted on 03/15/2006 5:41:55 PM PST by OneLoyalAmerican (Even if your mother says she loves you, check it out.)
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To: RWR8189
We are in an argument of religious ideology versus government. That is alien to us, because we preserve the idea of religion as a separate and precious entity. Our Government is separate from any religion, because it has to be. There is no religion that will command anything in this Republic. We have a Constitution that dictates that. We don't defame nor do we encroach on those religions. Nor do we endorse them. We let them alone to be themselves. Our culture is one of tolerance and understanding. We are built that way. We are also built to protect and defend our country. Our country is our church, and our beliefs, and our structure, and our neighbors. These are the things that we believe in, from God, from family, from values. These won't change, we are people that love liberty, but we won't stand for intimidation.
The Muslim faith is pushing us, and we are starting to understand what that religion is about, and we don't like it. We shouldn't! It's anti everything we know! I don't need to know another Muslim, I don't really care. They're nuts, just plain crazy. We are not like that. We can see the difference between "nuts" and "different", we allow that. "Nuts", just might get you killed, in the middle of the night in my living room.


21 posted on 03/15/2006 5:53:46 PM PST by timydnuc (I'll die on my feet before I'll live on my knees.)
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[Joanne98]

8. kick

[bbernardini]

11. Fox was a brother of my music fraternity. Thomas can go fuck himself.

Not in my chapter, or even in my decade, but a brother nonetheless.