Comments on: Sassoon http://growmercy.org/2007/11/13/sassoon/ Mercifully gumming up the scapegoating mechanism Fri, 18 May 2012 16:34:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Deb http://growmercy.org/2007/11/13/sassoon/comment-page-1/#comment-19177 Deb Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:57:49 +0000 http://growmercy.org/2007/11/13/sassoon/#comment-19177 Why is it that those who never actually face the 'reality of war' feel they have the right to pass judgment on those who have experienced it and want to speak out against it - example: calling those men/women traitors who speak against it once they have lived through it? Shouldn't we instead listen and learn...? Something's wrong when we consider those in leadership (just because they are in leadership) the 'experts' over and against those who have actually experienced it - whatever 'it' might be. This is very anti-narrative. Am I right Sam? And I believe it is very destructive to a society. With that thought regarding leadership listening to the people with the experience: Why is it that Christians who claim that Jesus is their leader, in fact God himself, seem to rarely practice the teachings of that leader? Example: giving up power in order to lead rather than claiming and demanding power, listening to people rather than 'shutting their ears' to them. Loving others as one's self... Why is it that those who never actually face the ‘reality of war’ feel they have the right to pass judgment on those who have experienced it and want to speak out against it – example: calling those men/women traitors who speak against it once they have lived through it? Shouldn’t we instead listen and learn…?

Something’s wrong when we consider those in leadership (just because they are in leadership) the ‘experts’ over and against those who have actually experienced it – whatever ‘it’ might be. This is very anti-narrative. Am I right Sam? And I believe it is very destructive to a society.

With that thought regarding leadership listening to the people with the experience:
Why is it that Christians who claim that Jesus is their leader, in fact God himself, seem to rarely practice the teachings of that leader? Example: giving up power in order to lead rather than claiming and demanding power, listening to people rather than ‘shutting their ears’ to them. Loving others as one’s self…

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