The heading of this post is a paraphrase of a comment from a military officer during the Viet Nam Conflict. Reporters came to look over a town that was totally destroyed by American bombs, artillery and fighting. When asked why the fight was necessary, an anonymous officer replied:
"We had to save it from being destroyed by the Viet Cong."
The protests in Ferguson, Missouri bring that comment to mind. The protesters cared so deeply about "Racial Justice" that they destroyed the stores and property of the residents.
I was in Detroit during the riots of 1968. It was so bad we had to stay in Canada and cross in the tunnel back to Detroit. Recently that once rich and magnificent city had to file bankruptcy. It has never recovered from the riots of 68!
Will that happen to Ferguson? Not if there are peacemakers.
Blessed are the peacemakers!
This CS Lewis Quote may sum it up:
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”
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