Liberalism spreads violence

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=110 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Commonwealth Commentary Newsletter"><U><B><IMG SRC="18672320.jpg" border=0 width="114" height="50" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#0066FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Commonwealth Commentary Newsletter</B></FONT><B>          </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Commonwealth Commentary Newsletter"><U><B> home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="ccn_writer___j__dori_callahan.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="J. Dori Callahan"><U><B>J. Dori Callahan</B></U></A><B>   ·   </B><A HREF="biography_of__william_e__nowers.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="William E. Nowers"><U><B>William E. Nowers</B></U></A><B>   ·   </B><A HREF="biography_of_j__michael_sharman.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="J. Michael Sharman"><U><B>J. 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It is man's sin - not some particularized  "heritage" that demands the force of arms to keep the "bad guys" at bay.  Objecting to that fact does not somehow make us more "peaceful" but gives license to those who lack any constraint upon their behavior.</div> <div> In my childhood I knew where my father kept his guns - unlocked and loaded. Even though my brother and I played "Cowboys and Indians" with cap pistols, it never occurred to any of us to actually harm another human being. We still breathed at least the vapors of Christian charity and had both our parents at home.</div> <div> Children always test the limits we impose on their behavior - but need restraint. Self-indulgent and absent parents have replaced themselves with violent fantasies shown on the television. In the government propaganda centers values are replaced by having children make up their own minds as to right and wrong. To force children to make adult decisions, to strip away their "guard rails," is to commit a kind of violence upon them.  Missing parents, liberal teachers, and anti-culture media cause child violence-not the mere presence of inanimate objects (guns).  With no real loving guidance, no wonder children are violent.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="biography_of_michael_h__smith.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael H. Smith"><U><I>Michael H. Smith</I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="More from Michael H. Smith"><U>More from</U></A><A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="More from Michael H. Smith"><U> </U></A><A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="More from Michael H. Smith"><U>Michael H. 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