http://www.sevenwholedays.org/2010/01/01/new-year-message/ "Seven whole days, not one in seven, I will praise thee" -- George Herbert (1633) Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:05:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.sevenwholedays.org/2010/01/01/new-year-message/comment-page-1/#comment-3292 Elizabeth Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:21:51 +0000 http://www.sevenwholedays.org/?p=2041#comment-3292 I do wish he had highlighted the plight of women along with children who are both the targets (intended or unintended) and victims of the violence and suffering of poverty. It is too much to expect him to have underscored the violence to LGBT people, but he could have made even an oblique reference to it by placing emphasis on respecting the dignity of 'all' human beings. Bottom line: I'll take what he's given. Even a broken clock is right half the time. I do wish he had highlighted the plight of women along with children who are both the targets (intended or unintended) and victims of the violence and suffering of poverty. It is too much to expect him to have underscored the violence to LGBT people, but he could have made even an oblique reference to it by placing emphasis on respecting the dignity of ‘all’ human beings. Bottom line: I’ll take what he’s given. Even a broken clock is right half the time.

]]> http://www.sevenwholedays.org/2010/01/01/new-year-message/comment-page-1/#comment-3287 Ann Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:30:27 +0000 http://www.sevenwholedays.org/?p=2041#comment-3287 It was not a bad decade for me. More good than bad stuff -- not nearly as bad as the so called "good old days" It was not a bad decade for me. More good than bad stuff — not nearly as bad as the so called “good old days”

]]> http://www.sevenwholedays.org/2010/01/01/new-year-message/comment-page-1/#comment-3285 Peter Carey Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:11:13 +0000 http://www.sevenwholedays.org/?p=2041#comment-3285 yes, I do! thanks for posting it! yes, I do! thanks for posting it!

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