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To: kumar who wrote (108324)	4/8/2005 11:06:06 AM
From: michael97123	Respond to of 793838

I agree. I think the Popes pacifism is a strength much like for Ghandi. That moral standing is what imo deterred Soviet intervention into Poland as they had done to Hungary in 1956 and Czechoslovakia in 1968. If they tried to put down solidarity thru force they would have had one hell of a PR problem. Stalin said the pope has no batallions but this Pope had the hears and souls of tens of millions of people. And this is particularly powerful as the world shrinks and media covers all events very closely. No room to hide from this power. mike

To: kumar who wrote (108324)	4/8/2005 1:29:16 PM
From: aladin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793838

Kumar, being a pacifist is not necessarily a weakness. Mr Gandhi was one, and he influenced India's independance from the British Empire without violence. But his blind pursuit of independence resulted in the Partition in which millions died. Pacifism may look noble, but its results can be deadly. John