Doan wrote in message ...
Nice propaganda!

Yep, some of the best as opposed to the lies and sloppy information
you folks provide.

prop·a·gan·da ( P ) Pronunciation Key (prp-gnd)
n.
The systematic propagation of a doctrine or cause or of information
reflecting the views and interests of those advocating such a doctrine
or cause.


Doan

Thanks again for your help, and we happily continue to extend ours to
you in hopes for a speedy recovery from your childhood trauma.

Kane



On Thu, 18 Mar 2004, Ivan Gowch wrote:

Here is a story by Astrid Lindgren she told at a convention in
Frankfurt when she won a Peace prize. (Astrid Lindgren is the author
of Pipi Longstocking stories.)

"For all those who now talk of harsher methods and more control, I'd
like to tell a story an old woman once told me. She was a young mother
in the days when people still believed 'spare the rod and spoil the
child.' That is, she didn't really believe it, but one day when her
son had done something, she thought she should spank him with a
switch, for the first time in his life.

"She told him to go out and cut a branch for her. The little boy left
and was gone a long time. Finally he returned, crying and said 'I
couldn't find a switch, but here is a rock you can throw at me.'

"Then the mother started crying too, because all of a sudden she could
see it from the child's point of view. The child must have thought 'my
mother wants to hurt me and then a rock will do just as well.'

"She hugged him and they both cried awhile together. Then she put the
rock on the mantelpiece as a reminder and swore to herself that she'd
never use violence!"



--
The danger to the life and well-being of children
increases in direct proportion to their proximity
to religion and its practitioners.
-Ivan Gowch