Theos-Talk Archives (June 1997 Message tl00409)

Tom Robertson wrote:
>
> The statement that Carter would have "laid down our weapons" was meant as
> an exaggeration, to be more relevant as a type of example in the
> discussion over whether _any_ self-defense was justified than it was
> meant to be historically accurate.  Those who advocate that all
> self-defense is wrong should advocate that we lay down all of our
> weapons.

	To paraphrase from a work by a well-known Theosophist: Jimmy Carter is
a good man. He was a bad President.

	Bart Lidofsky