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After 1636 Olivares halted the advance, fearful of bankrupting the crown. And yes, now, go to the streets and start asking people questions in Portuguese! At the time, it had a tremendous impact, and many considered Calvin to be a Protestant equivalent of Thomas Aquinas. Then a talk show interrupted the war coverage.� The host sounded like Rush Limbaugh’s prot�g�.� There was one war protest in our corner of Ohio, at least that our media presented.� About 20 students protested at the University of Cincinnati.� Ohio has more than ten million people, and 20 people amounted to less than .001% of the region’s population around Cincinnati.� The talk-show host made those few protesting students the subject of his show.� He asked his listening audience if those students were "stupid or evil."� His callers were unanimous in condemning anybody who dared to protest our bombing of Iraq.� One caller cleverly said that the students were "stevil."� A week l ater, the first letter to the editor that I ever wrote was on its way to the Dayton Daily News.� They published it on February 5, 1991.� Here it is: As the United States subdues another enemy in freedom's name, or so it is said, the blood of our children will again be spilled for the noble cause.� It could be very profitable at this time to consider an ancient strategy.� Many years ago, a radical genius offered a means to absolutely destroy one's enemies.� The succeeding years have proven the tactic too outrageous and incomprehensible to even attempt.� History tells us that practically nobody has ever gathered the courage to see the strategy through.� The ancient extremist theorized that his maneuver would not only win the day, but could be used over and over to annihilate any and all enemies.� The bizarre theory involved the obscure and very, very rarely used strategy of loving the enemy.� This country was not officially founded in that radical's name, nor are his theories officially recognized here, but the person's work and life supposedly has many adherents in this country.� You could fool me.� His ideas were far ahead of his time back then, and they seem equally far ahead of the present time.� When ever will the example of the life of Jesus actually be taken seriously?� I hope soon, for the sake of us all, including those awful Iraqis.� It was my first experience in writing to a newspaper, it was the first thing that I had published, and it was my first experience with editing.� The newspaper edited out "or so it is said" from that first sentence.� That changed the letter’s tenor letter a little, particularly my intended irony in using the word "awful" to describe the Iraqis.� I was glad that they published what they did, and maybe it caused a few people to reconsider their lusty cheers.� Next to my letter was printed the wit and wisdom of Hughie Sprinkle, whose sentiments better reflected the public attitude.� Hughie wrote, "The only sensible way to win the war and save American lives is to nuke (Iraq), using neutron bombs.� Kill them all - man, woman and child.� Kill 'em quick and kill 'em good.� Then bulldoze the area over, and begin again."