Donkeys and the Camino

[Barry Evans]

gee, what did i start here?!
i wasn't reading anything more than Howard (who sent me a very sweet
private email outlining his historical run-ins with thievery, thank
you Howard--(that's Howard from Fife, not the NY one) wrote. Just
offering a alternative pov that might have alleviated some of his
angst. Sounds as if it might have had the opposite effect for some?
We try...
Ultrasomethingorother,
barry evans

--- "Watson, John" <watsonjaTRINITY.VIC.EDU.AU> wrote:
> My reading of Howard's words does not lead me to think he was
> wishing ill
> for the people who swindled him, but that repercussions were part
> of the
> natural law.
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Russ Irwin [mailto:rirwinaUSAOR.NET]
> Sent: Tuesday, 20 November 2001 5:01 PM
> To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
> Subject: Re: Donkeys and the Camino
>
>
> On Mon, 19 Nov 2001 17:19:23 EST, Howard Mendes wrote:
>
> >In a message dated 11/19/2001 3:34:42 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> >barryevans9aYAHOO.COM writes:
> >
> >
> >> I'm no saint, trust me, but on the many occassions I've been
> robbed
> >> in different countries, my anger and frustration has been
> tempered by
> >> the thought that perhaps the thief needed my property and/or
> money
> >> more than I did
> >
> >C'mon now, a thief is a thief, and your excuse for a criminal
> activity is
> >specious reasoning.  Don't want to debate ethics here, but your
> remark to
> the
> >other Howard is not terribly considerate.  Howard Mendes NYC
>
> Yes, two completely different views here. In my own life I try to
> consider
> what Jesus would have
> done or said in whatever circumstance I was experiencing. It
> doesn't always
> make me feel any better
> at the time, but over the years it does seem to have a positive
> effect on
> me.
>
> Russ


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