Thomas, your are a fool.  Your philosophy is lost on people who commit acts
such as we've witnessed.  You'll never run out of cheecks to turn, always
hoping the enemy will see promise in your infinite will to suffer, and have
a change of heart.  Unfortunately, you and all those who aspouse your drivel
will be physically dead before then.  Right now it is YOU who are part of
the problem.  All your good intentions are corrupted by your failure to
realize reality for what it is.  THANKS FOR NOTHING SIR.  You contribute
NOTHING.

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[mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Thomas McGahee
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 10:00 AM
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: [OT]: Tragedy


My thanks to those PIC List members that sent condolences
to me on the occassion of the deaths of several of my
friends in the collapse of the World Trade Center towers.

This morning instead of having our usual homeroom period,
we assembled all of the students here at Don Bosco Technical
High School (where I teach) in the gymnasium. We began
with a reading from the Gospel of Matthew 5:38 where Jesus
exhorts His followers:

"You have learnt how it was said: 'An eye for an eye and a
tooth for a tooth.' But I say to you: offer the wicked man no
resistance. On the contrary, if anyone hits you on the right
cheek, offer him the other as well. If a man takes you to
law and would have your tunic, let him have your cloak as well.
And if anyone orders you to go one mile, go with him two miles.
Give to anyone who asks, and if anyone wants to borrow, do not
turn away.

"You have learnt how it was said: 'you must love your neighbor
and hate your enemy.' But I say this to you: love your
enemies, and pray for those who persecute you. In this way
you will be sons of your Father in heaven, for He causes His
sun to rise on bad men as well as good, and His rain to fall
on honest and dishonest men alike. For if you love those who
love you, what right have you to claim any credit? Even the
tax collectors do as much, do they not? And if you save your
greetings for your brothers, are you doing anything exceptional?
Even the pagans do as much, do they not? You must therefore
be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Tough words, and ones that I am sure many will choose to ignore,
but the only kind of words that can ever truly bring an end
to the cycle of violence.

Fr. Thomas McGahee

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