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'Outrage' Film Is Gay-Bashing in the Name of Gay Rights
Tweet Share on Facebook May 8, 2009 Comment (37)By John Aloysius Farrell, Thomas Jefferson Street blog
One thing we're going to miss, in the 21st century, is the quality of mercy.
Life is not, cannot be, just. If it was, children would not die. All but a tiny few of us would roast for our sins. And to quote the lovely Jennifer Nettles, this would be the very last country song.
But if human beings cannot be just, we can be merciful. We have that choice. And not too long ago, folks took mercy seriously. We believed in values like the Golden Rule, and lessons like the Sermon on the Mount. These days, the exercise of mercy is seen as a sign of weakness, or self-delusion.
