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Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Cal  Thomas :: Townhall.com Columnist
Scandal? What scandal?
by Cal Thomas
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Rep. Daniel B. Crane, (R-Ill) had an affair more than two decades ago with a 17-year-old female page. After apologizing, he said he hadn't violated his oath of office, hoped his wife and children would forgive him and announced plans to run for re-election.

We all have what theologians call a "fallen" nature and no one should judge himself (or herself) morally superior to others. But that does not mean the standard for "right" behavior should be eliminated simply because many appear unwilling to conform to that standard.

In his classic, "The Abolition of Man," C.S. Lewis observed three generations ago that we are engaged in a type of tragic-comedy: "Šwe continue to clamour for those very qualities we are rendering impossible. Š In a sort of ghastly simplicity we remove the organ and demand the function. We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honour and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful."

Scandal? Disgrace? I think not. Foley and others could only be so labeled if popular culture condemned, rather than promoted, immorality. Oh, sorry, there I go again, appealing to a discarded standard.

We do laugh at honor and as a result we do find traitors in our midst. We also mock conventions and then are surprised when some take us seriously and respond as if there are none. Congressman Foley can look forward to talk show fame and a lucrative book deal. Welcome to America, 2006!

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Cal Thomas is co-author (with Bob Beckel) of the book, "Common Ground: How to Stop the Partisan War That is Destroying America".
 
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Pedophilia, hosekuervo?
I'm sorry, correct me if I am wrong. According to my good ol' Websters,

- Pedophilia: Sexual desire in an adult for a child (typically pre-pubescent).

I'm shocked I have to explain that to a Lib, because you defend perverts all the time. You should know your constituency by now!

Play it again, Righty.
"Wrong again.

My comment was about Christian Conservatives only. This does not deny objections from others -- it simply ignores them, because they don't belong in a comnment about Christian values, do they?"

I'm willing to be proven wrong. Show me the conservative Christians on this thread who have trashed Cal's column. I would contend that there aren't any, but maybe I missed one.

"You missed, uhhhhhhhh, your own words -- which (typically) you failed to include." Anyone who wants to read my own words can scroll on up and check them out. They haven't gone anywhere.

"Well, you ridiculed me -- explicity -- for the principle I was defending. That principle was that Foley was just as guilty as the Democrats named by Cal. Now you decline to reveal your own accusation .... Slick." No, I ridiculed you for saying that you put principle before partisanship. I think you would like to do that, but you don't. Go back and read it. Only someone who was deliberately twisting the words that were said would come up with what you came up with.

"You ridiculed me for condemning Foley." Did not. That was an easy one.

"But once again, you're about a week behind on the news ... as you were with the National Intelligence Estimate." I'm not sure how I was a week behind on the news on Foley, since it's been omnipresent (and since I read Blankley's column here on TH. The problem here is not that I'm behind the news, but that you are conflating the arguments here that are specific to Cal Thomas' column with those from other columns. It also shows that you still have not grasped what Cal said in this column. You heard what you wanted to hear, not what he was saying. By the way, someone who can't tell a rusino from a double capp shouldn't be harping on missing one item in the news.

"Summing up -- you basically misrepresented everything you posted ... again " Maybe it's me, but I think you're projecting. And I hate to say that because it's a term that Kimberly over-uses. But I think it's apropos here. Third parties welcome to pass judgement here.

"You really need to get a life -- or simply catch up with the news --- this is my last visit tio this web page and thread -- which gives you the last word, if you so choose." I do need to get a life; I can't believe I've wasted so much of it responding to you. And I should know better. I've seen you in action with other posters. I have only myself to blame. Oh, and I choose.

"For once, I hope you can avoid the Slickery, or the patronizing comments (anyone who bothers to look will see that I only play defense with you; you are the attacker, and it's almost always personal.)" That's funny. I was going to say the same thing. Hmmm. Who started this little tit-for-tat? My, that would be you on Oct. 5th, at 10:17 PM. Cheers for now.
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