tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post7143408043325877936..comments2023-12-18T17:32:03.325+00:00Comments on Kindred of the Quiet Way: A numb day.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-52294501531956971202011-09-24T10:23:55.328+01:002011-09-24T10:23:55.328+01:00Hi Linda :0) Good to hear from you! xHi Linda :0) Good to hear from you! xPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-26404388915178695092011-09-24T10:14:47.324+01:002011-09-24T10:14:47.324+01:00Penelope you are doing so much already. Your nove...Penelope you are doing so much already. Your novels would have a different way of looking at things. Because it is sold in the US it must help. Your attitude would be subtley? different.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17457300221571368059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-20774883960644615502011-09-24T09:51:49.212+01:002011-09-24T09:51:49.212+01:00When I can't understand something like that I ...When I can't understand something like that I think about how many people don't exercise their vote.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17457300221571368059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-20233550751803966602011-09-23T22:49:15.868+01:002011-09-23T22:49:15.868+01:00:0):0)Pen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-27134552240850260812011-09-23T22:45:29.731+01:002011-09-23T22:45:29.731+01:00I agree with everything Ganeida wrote so well.I agree with everything Ganeida wrote so well.Julie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14372718712032820169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-39113030216136402902011-09-23T21:18:24.169+01:002011-09-23T21:18:24.169+01:00Thanks, friend. Nice to see you online! :0)Thanks, friend. Nice to see you online! :0)Pen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-78437533687425574402011-09-23T21:17:10.597+01:002011-09-23T21:17:10.597+01:00That was beautifully put and without a trace of (u...That was <i>beautifully</i> put and without a trace of (understandable) anger.<br /><br /><br />http://plaindress.tumblr.com/page/10Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-90364418713680756382011-09-23T15:39:14.817+01:002011-09-23T15:39:14.817+01:00Message for Roberta
Thank you for the email you se...Message for Roberta<br />Thank you for the email you sent (I couldn't find an email address to respond to you by replying). Yes, I will check out the website you mentioned (its name seemed familiar). Do you Facebook? You can find me there as Pen Wilcock if you wanted to add me as a friend.Pen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-39237809069786113302011-09-23T08:23:25.243+01:002011-09-23T08:23:25.243+01:00Ganeida - Well said friend. One of the things I f...Ganeida - Well said friend. One of the things I found so painful in the last few days was silence from women on Facebook. The souls who will flock to comment on a headcovering or the modesty of a skirt or the style of a bonnet or the ingredients of a whoopie pie, had nothing to say whatever about a man's life hanging in the balance as his community refused to have mercy. And it is my belief that God doesn't give a monkey's if when the sun shines people can see through my skirt to my legs, because what He has his mind on is seeing through the veneer of apparel and outward form to my heart. x<br /><br />Julie - My son-in-law is from Georgia. My daughter (his wife) said to me yesterday that when he came to the UK she couldn't really believe him when he said how racist is that part of the world, but that with time and further acquaintance she has come to realise he was not exaggerating at all. I feel no doubt in my mind that if Troy Davis had been a white middle class boy, and Mark MacPhail a black homeless boy, the outcome would have been very different indeed. From what I have read of the things Troy said, I believe part of what kept him so strong and graceful was the fire burning in him that what had befallen him could be used to change things. And by God's grace, may we do exactly that. I pray that this is a turning point; that Troy Davis's death will stand forever in history as a marker that we do not have to do things this way. xPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-30743386098068858552011-09-22T23:42:47.053+01:002011-09-22T23:42:47.053+01:00I was not numb. I was angry and afraid. My son is ...I was not numb. I was angry and afraid. My son is 6-years-old. He is a very cute, amicable boy who will grow into a large, very large black man. He is Troy Davis. Race plays a role in the imposition of the death penalty, especially when the defendant is black and the victim was white. And, I feel totally unprepared as to how to address the topic of race, justice and prejudice with him. How do I prepare him for this reality without crushing his loving spirit?<br /><br />Perhaps there is hope for humanity though. The family of James Craig Anderson has asked the judge in the trial of his killers not to pursue the death penalty. Of course, Anderson is black and the defendants are white. Perhaps they would have gotten life in prison whether the family wished it or not. <br /><br />Sad day...Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12875561671945374840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-63458593363764970342011-09-22T23:38:22.955+01:002011-09-22T23:38:22.955+01:00Peace, Peace ~ but there is no peace.
You will ha...Peace, Peace ~ but there is no peace.<br /><br />You will have read Hosea & know what God said to those who betrayed the trust He gave unto them. <br /><br />I am adamantly against the death penalty ~ even when guilt has been proven beyond reasonable doubt. It is not for us to take life & how ironic that a people who are so adamantly anti~abortion on one hand are often the very same people who support the death penalty. Nor do I think it is for us to take away a person's chance for salvation. While they live there is hope that God can redeem them. Once they are dead we have condemed them to more than just death. I know that theology is not yours but as I believe that how on earth could I condone something I believe may also condem a man to hell for all eternity? <br /><br />On so many fronts this is outrageous. I grieve for what we, as a people, have become but God is still God & working out His purposes according to His good will for our benefit & though I do not understand yet I will put my trust in the One who saves.<br /><br />You did what you could, with grace, mercy & knindness. That is more than many others. The mirical is so many others agreed & stood with you.Ganeidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17176246964466185315noreply@blogger.com