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A big thank you to Tom of Blogmandu for sending me the fuller quotation to the one I posted from Martin Luther King: The ultimate weakness books for palm f violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you may murder the hater. but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate. So it goes. Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.

There has been a bit of controversy recently about some remarks that Fr. Fessio made about Benedict XVI, the Koran, and Islam in an interview he had with Hugh Hewitt on January 5th. Soon afterward, some of Fr. Fessio's remarks were called into question (see Christopher Blosser's post at "Against the Grain" for more details. Also see this piece by Sandro Magister), especially the remark: Well, the thesis that was proposed by this scholar was that Islam can enter into the modern world if the Koran is reinterpreted by taking the specific legislation, and going back to the principles, and then emergency notification dapting it to our times, especially with the dignity that we ascribe to women, which has come through Christianity, of course. And immediately, the Holy Father, in his beautiful calm but clear way, said well, there's a fundamental problem with that, because he said in the Islamic tradition, God has given His word to Mohammed, but it's an eternal word. It's not Mohammed's word. It's there for eternity the way it is. There's no possibility of adapting it or interpreting it.... In a January 21st letter to the editor of The Washington Times , Fr. Fessio addressed the controvery and made some clarifications: Dear Editor, I think it is important for me to give context to and clarify the remarks I made recently in a radio interview with Hugh Hewitt, reported in the January 20th Washington Times.

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I decided to organize my knitting, crochet and sewing book collection over the weekend and here is the end result: Along the way, I needed some fortification in the form of a pink "X-Rated" martini (a new infused vodka I love that tastes kinda like Ruby Red Grapefruit juice with liquor in it - YUM) The cats were really helpful in this process too... Other happenings: worked on Jim's sweater and member list ast on for Eiffel . Can you tell it was football playoff weekend (or as I call it, plunk your &ss on the couch all weekend?)

I decided to organize my knitting, crochet and sewing book collection over the weekend and here is the end result: Along the way, I needed some fortification in the form of a pink "X-Rated" martini (a new infused vodka I love that tastes kinda like Ruby Red Grapefruit juice with liquor in it - YUM) The cats were really helpful in this process too... Other happenings: worked on Jim's sweater and cast on for Eiffel . Can you tell it was football playoff weekend (or as texas mesothelioma lawyers call it, plunk your &ss on the couch all weekend?)

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I decided to organize my knitting, crochet and sewing book collection over the weekend and here is the end result: Along the way, I needed some fortification in the form of a pink "X-Rated" martini (a new infused vodka I love that tastes kinda like Ruby Red Grapefruit juice with liquor in it - YUM) The cats were really helpful in this process too... Other happenings: worked on Jim's sweater and cast on for Eiffel online master degree programs Can you tell it was football playoff weekend (or as I call it, plunk your &ss on the couch all weekend?)

A big thank you to Tom of Blogmandu for sending me the fuller quotation to the one I posted from Martin Luther King: The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you may murder the hater. but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate. So it goes. Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: Slim Aarons nly light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.

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