Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Each of Us has a Small Role in Preventing Another Charleston

   Guns don't kill, people do? Yes, but, by the same token, people do not kill except there be a hatred in them. Just as it takes someone to pull the trigger before a gun kills someone, so there must be a impetus before a person goes off -- and, usually, that impetus is hatred or anger. So, we could reduce the whole statement to, Guns don't kill, hatred does, or, Guns don't kill, anger does.
   If you would raise a society without murder, without mass violence, you must raise a society without hate. If you would cut back on how many murders there are, and how many mass killings, there are, you would be wise to look at the forms of hatred you have among you, and consider how yto reduce them.
   I would ask, what is the biggest hatred in the United States? What are the things each of us hates? Who do we hate? If we would reduce hatred, this is our part, to find some hatred in our hearts and let it go. No, it is not that we are killers, but that we help spread the spirit of hatred among others when we display and express feelings of hatred towards . . .
   Well, for now, I will leave it at that, leave it for you to ponder what it is you hate. If you would help foster a more loving society, play this wonderful role: Be an example to those around you of love, not hate.
   It's what you can do -- your small part -- in preventing another Charleston, SC.

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