Yeah, like we were talking about with the worn door sills.  Turn the other
cheek!

Sorry Jim, couldn't resist.

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: "James Creech" <jacreech@VISUALLINK.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 8:19 AM
Subject: Re: (Bad Machanic)-- solution

> > I would black ball this shell of a human being until he rots of
> > poverty. I would make sure that everything he has ever held dear to him
is
> > stripped away little by little...
>
> I've thought a bit about this thread and the issues underneath it that
> concern us all from time to time.  I don't fault your passion to see this
> guy meet his just reward at all.  IMHO there is far too much confusion in
> our culture between justice and mercy:  as if one has to negate justice in
> order to be merciful, or deny truth in order to be tolerant.  Without
> justice mercy ultimately can't exist and without truth nothing will
finally
> remain but intolerant selfishness.
>
> However, I try to be guided by a great passage in the prophet Micah:  "He
> has told you, O man, what is good - and what does the Lord require of you
> but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?"
> Don't mean to preach at anyone, but merely to suggest that the wise course
> for us individually and as a society is to uphold justice (don't ignore
but
> pursue this guy according to the law and/or other above-board means) and
> also to refrain from stooping to mere revenge (be kind and merciful
because
> all our laws should have the goal of a peaceable and enjoyable society and
> because we have been and still want to be shown kindness ourselves).  I'd
> like most of all to see this guy's miserable life changed - but if that
> fails, at least restrain him from continuing his evil.
>
> Thanks for forbearing my theological / philosophical detour from technical
> vanagon issues, but it seems that this thread invites some deeper
> reflection, to uphold our good and happy vanagon standards of life!
>
> Jim Creech
> 87 Westy GL 2.1
>