Re: 25 Classic Books That Have Been Banned

On 6/2/25 09:00, James Nicoll wrote:

In article <m2cybm6trf.fsf@kelutral.omcl.org>,
Steve Coltrin  <spcoltri@omcl.org> wrote:

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Chris Elvidge <chris@internal.net> writes:
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I thought Quakers were/are notoriously non-violent.

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Nixon was a Quaker.

His behavior was not the fault of the Quakers but of the
society in which he participated. People like Roy Cohn and
Joe(Tailgunner) McCarthy were his competitors.  Cohn would
later instruct Donald Trump and we can see how that went.

 ObSF: The Quakers in Still Forms on Foxfield feel the need to distance
themselves from RMN, despite being on a different planet, more than a
century later.

At a funeral service for a dear friend under Quaker auspices I discovered
that Quakers talk too much. Quakers are non-violent unless the provocation
such as freeing slaves or keeping their property in very important and no
president should be elected who holds fast to the principles of non-violence.
Nearly all governments use violence as the ultimate way to enforce their rules.
To the extent that they use violence in accordance with the laws of that
government and society they are either a nation rules by laws or a nation
under a Fascist rule.
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