Comments on: The Fool as Prophetic Voice?

By: Ben Ross

Ben Ross — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:38:28 +0000

How shall we get to a good place, through a conversation? I find easy the knee jerk blanket condemning. Opening up the door to the countries which the US government has demonized may start the peace making process. The nutty figure heads have a nearly imposable job. It might be a good idea to remember how poorly our US government has treated Iran. I’m working on a vision of peace.

By: Bill Baar

Bill Baar — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 08:26:19 +0000

Sinkford refused to say a word in support of dissents and religous liberals in Iranian prisons. He refused to mention their names.

Sinkford no fool. Sinkford was playing to an audience at home with no regard to the opposition in Iran who seeks our solidarity.

It was unforgivable moral crime. Calculated, callous, and far from foolish…

[Bill: I agree that this was an opportunity lost to inquire after the welfare of Islam Clerics who have been imprisoned for their liberal stances. However, I do not have enough information (do we ever?) to be able to come to such a clean and clear judgment of a person's motivation for what they say or how they act. There are questions that, in my mind, are left unanswered in the press releases I have read from the UUA and from the interfaith coalition, which interestingly are worded very similarly. Questions like was there a list of topics that were declared off the table and who decided this? Thank you for keeping the imprisoned Islam Clerics in our hearts and minds. Blessings- Fred]

By: mskitty

mskitty — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:20:08 +0000

I am so glad you posted this. I have felt like a voice crying in the wilderness. I too think there is worth in doing something that is apparently foolish but voices truth that has not yet been spoken. I thought he did a very brave thing.

It’s interesting to me that nobody on the chat is talking about this.