Re: Politics and morality

Marvin Edwards wrote:

> "Lucien Saumur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Power comes from a combination of strength, weapons, intelligence,
> knowledge and strategic position. <
>
> Not if you're in jail. The first of the two snipers who murder ten people
> has been arrested, tried, and sentenced to death. But you're right in that,
> prior to his arrest, he exercised considerable power over the lives of
> others. Let's hope that the power that comes from a community of moral
> people will always be stronger than the power that comes from the immoral
> individual. (Any "amens" out there?)

Power is never permanent. One may lose — and usually does —one's strength,
weapons, intelligence, knowledge or strategic positions else someone else may
acquire a better combination of these factors than one has.