Quote:
Originally Posted by Indiana
A Concluding Word in
The Fermentation of the Present Rebellion (FPR)
“Instead of these excellent Christian virtues, what we see in the present rebellion are exaggerated criticisms, cruel backbitings, unreasonable opposings, subtle underminings, wicked defamations, vicious slanders, unethical anonymous letters, bitter attacks, ill-intentioned conspiracies, crafty innuendos, double-tongued pretenses, fabricated falsehood, flagrant lies, reckless devastations, and unbridled destructions, with unimaginable hatred, fleshly jealousies, and unchristian avengings. |
Unbelievable. Ill-intentioned conspiracies? So there are well-intentioned conspiracies?
And unreasonable opposings? This is so subjective as to be completely fantastic. Anything WL didn't like or want was automatically deemed as unreasonable opposition. See how easy that is?
Just like in North Korea: if you don't clap loudly enough you get offed. The Big Boss isn't happy.
I remember reading this when I was the hardest of the hard-core. I was like, Whaaaaa...? I mean, his characterizations would make a sailor blush. Talk about a bucket of ice cold water. Talk about quenching the Spirit. I probably never read anything as Spirit-quenching as this book was.