Friday, December 28, 2007
Posted by Daisy Cobb
“The truth is that cowardice itself is violence of a subtle and therefore dangerous type and far more difficult to eradicate than the habit of physical violence.”
In a particularly cowardly action an assassin executed Benazir Bhutto, former Prime Minister of Pakistan, with shots to the neck and chest before blowing himself up while [...]
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Posted by Daisy Cobb
“Jesus was the most active resister known perhaps to history. His was nonviolence par excellence.”
“Jesus never uttered a loftier or a grander truth than when he said that wisdom cometh out of the mouths of babes.”
With Christmas fast approaching I though it relevant to talk about it’s meaning. Christmas itself is said celebrate [...]
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Posted by Daisy Cobb
“It is my firm conviction that nothing enduring can be built on violence.”
This afternoon a young man went on a violent rampage in a shopping mall in Omaha, Nebraska. Nineteen year old Robert Hawkins entered Von Maur, an upscale department store and opened fire in a rampage that took nine lives, including his [...]