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Talk:George Washington (view source)
Revision as of 21:24, October 29, 2008
, 21:24, October 29, 2008→Washington/Jesus: new section
My understanding, only to use the swords to protect America ideals/rights and only reliquish by dying in defense of America?
My understanding, only to use the swords to protect America ideals/rights and only reliquish by dying in defense of America?
== Washington/Jesus ==
"Washington is perhaps the only person other than Jesus who declined enormous worldly power, in Washington's case by voluntarily stepping aside as the ruler of a prosperous nation."
For goodness' sake; is this a joke? Firstly, comparing any human to the son of God looks extremely forced and rather pathetic, not to mention disrespectful to those of a religious (but perhaps not American) bent. He was a great man, but trying to compare him to Jesus just looks daft. Secondly, '''"Washington is perhaps the only person other than Jesus who declined enormous worldly power"'''. That bit's just rubbish. Plenty of people have declined power who had the oppotunity to take it.
By all means, point out that he was a noble man who believed in the ideal of liberty for the USA, and who declined power, but trying to portray him as some sort of cross between Jesus and Gandhi, whose very footsteps echo of liberty and nobility, just looks silly. Also, come to think of it, it's rather disrespectful to both Washington and Jesus.
[[User:KarlJaeger|KarlJaeger]] 17:24, 29 October 2008 (EDT)