If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart? — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
I do agree that Ponnuru's first two paragraphs are mostly an ad hominem screed, but I do think that the point he makes about the hypocrosy of applying Christian values to oppose the death penalty and then faulting others for applying Christian values to back causes you disagree with is a good one.
Although I'm not familiar enough with Andrew Sullivan to know if he is actually guilty of said hypocrisy.
You knew that when you said "don't read the first two paragraphs," people were going to pay extra close attention to those, didn't you?
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I do agree that Ponnuru's first two paragraphs are mostly an ad hominem screed, but I do think that the point he makes about the hypocrosy of applying Christian values to oppose the death penalty and then faulting others for applying Christian values to back causes you disagree with is a good one.
Although I'm not familiar enough with Andrew Sullivan to know if he is actually guilty of said hypocrisy.
You knew that when you said "don't read the first two paragraphs," people were going to pay extra close attention to those, didn't you?
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