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Pat Robertson: high-miniled hate-monger in the public eye
Laird S. Allen
fact, I have nothing against
Christians, they have good
candy and you can aiways find
them on Sunday mornings if
you need a piace to crash. But
this Robertson is one of the
most amphetamine-addicted,
frA^isted varieties of Christianity,
the kind that torches witches.
I wili hand it to Mr.
Robertson, he stands up for
what he believes in. He said
himself, "When lawlessness is
abroad in the land, the same
thing will happen here that hap
pened in Nazi Germany. Many
of those people involved in
Adolph Hitler were Satanists.
Many of them were
homosexuals. The
I don't have to be two things seem to
nice to the spirit of
The 700 Club, in
1993.
In 1995 he said,
"[Homosexuals]
want to come into churches
and disrupt church services
Staff Writer
It is a truism to state that the
world is full of bigots, bone-
heads and backwoods preach
ers waving guns around. But
every now and then, one par
ticular example of the mean-
stupid-dedicated breed shows
up. This time, it is simplest to
say that the Protestant Church
had a baby, it got rabies, and
its name is Pat Robertson.
Mr. Robertson has evaded
the public eye before, but this
time he drew attention by
insisting that President Hugo
Chavez of ——=—==
Venezuela
be assas
sinated.
Robertson the Antichrist."
is the -Pat Robertson
founder
and presi- '
dent of the Christian
Broadcasting Network and has
his own TV show. This, in and
of itself, isn't a bad thing. In
and throw blood all around and
try to give people AIDS and spit
in the face of ministers," on
national television, ladies and
gentlemen. This man is on the
record with these sentiments.
And then Mr. Robertson's
enlightened stance on women:
"The feminist agenda is not
about equal rights for women.
It is a socialist, anti-family polit
ical movement that encour
ages women to leave their hus
bands, kill their children, prac
tice witchcraft, destroy capital-
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ism and become lesbians."
And finally, his stance on
other Christians: "You're sup
posed to be nice to the
Episcopaiians and the Presby
terians and the Methodists . . .
Nonsense. I don't have to be
nice to the spirit of the
Antichrist."
All of these quotes I've
checked with two or more
sources, because they are
frankly unbelievable to me.
Others, even more dripping
with awfui, have been attached
to Mr. Robertson's name, but
I'm sure you get the picture.
Having read ail these things,
I went to Mr. Robertson's web
site to see what was really
going on with this guy. Frankly,
I wouldn't have been surprised
if he had a halo studded with
biades and a special bible with
a machine gun in it, but no
such luck. His homepage has
high-minded sentiments about
God and the country at the top,
a long laundry-list of apologies
(called "clarifications") for
things he's said in the middle,
and ads for "Pat Robertson's
Age-Defying Protein Pan
cakes" at the bottom. He has
answers for all of life's tough
questions, right there.
I think Mr. Robertson's
words say enough. This rabid
hate-mongering wolverine has
had a nice long run in the pub
lic eye. Maybe it's time he took
a vacation. We'll see him again
when Jesus shows up, and
hopefully not before.
Sound off: roadors respond to student involvement and hurricane relief
Dear Editor,
I read with dismay the column
"Closed Minds that Hold Open Forums"
by Dylan Grayson. Obviously, this
columnist has the right to her opinion
but not when she distorts the facts.
1. Ms. Grayson cites the May 12
open forum on the master plan as evi
dence that the administration pays no
attention to student opinion because it
was scheduled after spring semester
when many students could not attend.
She fails to mention the April 6,19 and
20 meetings open to all members of the
campus community.
The next time the master planners will
be on campus is scheduled for Sept.
28....
3. Ms. Grayson quotes sophomore
Malcolm Kenton as claiming the admin
istration should provide more and
smaller-scale opportunities for student
input.
There are almost always large and
small meetings about proposed poli
cies. Every one of the examples cited
by Mr. Kenton - new buildings, parking,
smoking - had student input that MADE
A DIFFERENCE.
4. Ms. Grayson makes the point that
students pay almost $30,000 per year
to "live and learn" at Guilford College.
About 90 percent of our traditional stu
dents receive financial aid.
We are proud of our financial aid pro
gram and thankful to the generosity of
our donors and friends who help to fund
it.
5. Ms. Grayson confuses input with
control. Just because student opinion is
not fully reflected in policies does not
mean that students were not heard. For
any policy, many constituencies are
consulted.
On a pluralistic campus such as
Guilford, many students have opinions,
and they rarely, if ever, agree.
6. Ms. Grayson overlooks the nature
of representative government. Students
elect a student government to speak for
them.
Students are members of most cam
pus and many trustee committees. Ask
the students who served on those com
mittees last year if they think that stu
dent input MADE A DIFFERENCE.
Sincerely,
Randy Doss '82
Vice President for Enrollment and
Campus Life
Dear Editor,
Katrina...such a beautiful name for
something so deadly
I was sitting in my dorm room today,
listening to “Brothers in Arms”, by Dire
Straits, and thinking about the devasta
tion caused by Hurricane Katrina, and I
wanted to share my thoughts. At first, I
wanted to rail against the Bush admin
istration for their part in this catastro
phe, but then I realized something;
blaming others does not help anything.
Yes, mistakes were made, and yes,
those mistakes should
be recognized, but not
now. There are people
out there who need our
help; and sitting back
and blaming the gov
ernment is not helping
anyone. There is a
verse in “Brothers in
Arms” that I would like
to share:
Through these fields
of destruction
Baptisms of fire
I've witnessed your
suffering
As the battles raged
higher
And though we were
hurt so bad
In the fear and the alarm
You did not desert me
My Brothers in Arms
This verse is so applicable now, it is
unbelievable. There are so many ways
that we can help the victims of Katrina:
donate canned food, clothing, money,
toys, anything. Give blood. Just
remember, don't abandon your
Brothers in Arms.
David Logwood, ‘08
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