tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10512467.post111202953857773809..comments2023-07-15T02:18:38.947-07:00Comments on Contrarian Views: My 2 Cents: The Lagging PublicDavid M. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720778073616293157noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10512467.post-1112198679279903092005-03-30T08:04:00.000-08:002005-03-30T08:04:00.000-08:00(Sorry for the delay ... I tried to respond twice ...(Sorry for the delay ... I tried to respond twice earlier, but for some reason, I could not connect.)<BR/><BR/>David, you are much more of an optimist than I. I think that the lesson this will teach our society is that you can now get rid of the infirm as well as the unborn. Possibly the inconvenient as well.<BR/><BR/>"First they came for the Communists but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists but I was not one of them, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews but I was not Jewish so I did not speak out. And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me."<BR/>Rev. Martin Niemoeller<BR/><BR/>I guess we should speak out before they come for us ...<BR/><BR/>BuzAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10512467.post-1112120257612822332005-03-29T10:17:00.000-08:002005-03-29T10:17:00.000-08:00I absolutely agree that God will use this tragedy ...I absolutely agree that God will use this tragedy to draw others to Him. He always does! I also agree that the public as a whole does not have enough information to take sides. None of us can truly say "if that were me..." because we never know what we will do until we are in that position. I would not want to be Terri, I would not want to be her parents, and I would not want to be her husband. We can only cling to the truth that God is control, whatever happens.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08900874017388094590noreply@blogger.com