Comments on: The other cheek? http://blog.cnaughton.com/2003/10/26/the-other-cheek/ babblings! Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:26:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: basil http://blog.cnaughton.com/2003/10/26/the-other-cheek/#comment-54 Sun, 26 Oct 2003 22:57:35 +0000 http://blog.cnaughton.com/2003/10/26/the-other-cheek/#comment-54 Christopher, I think it is terribly difficult to understand just how radical are the Lord's instructions in the Sermon on the Mount. I think recognizing that your response is not quite "turning the other cheek" is perceptive. However, I agree with Joel (Thomas) that you did the right thing. You showed yourself to be civil in spite of aggressive incivility and rudeness; it may not be "turning the other cheek," exactly, but it was certainly appropriate in every sense. Christopher, I think it is terribly difficult to understand just how radical are the Lord’s instructions in the Sermon on the Mount. I think recognizing that your response is not quite “turning the other cheek” is perceptive. However, I agree with Joel (Thomas) that you did the right thing. You showed yourself to be civil in spite of aggressive incivility and rudeness; it may not be “turning the other cheek,” exactly, but it was certainly appropriate in every sense.

]]> by: JoelThomas http://blog.cnaughton.com/2003/10/26/the-other-cheek/#comment-53 Sun, 26 Oct 2003 05:43:59 +0000 http://blog.cnaughton.com/2003/10/26/the-other-cheek/#comment-53 Shoulda punched him. ;)<br /> <br /> No, I think you did the right thing. It takes a man to remain calm in a situation like that. Well done. Shoulda punched him. ;)

No, I think you did the right thing. It takes a man to remain calm in a situation like that. Well done.

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