You know there is nothing I like less than being a hypocrite or someone who is an out and out hypocrite,
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
[hip-uh-krit] Pronunciation Key
| 1. | a person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that he or she does not actually possess, esp. a person whose actions belie stated beliefs. |
| 2. | a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, esp. one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements. |
s a stage actor, hence one who pretends to be what he is not, equiv. to hypokr
(nesthai) (see hypocrisy) + -tés agent suffix
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So when I found this today:
a quote from Mark Brewers own site from 2000:
‘But still, almost nothing in “the news.” Thank goodness that we have this one, last bastion of free speech– the Internet. The internet, in particular, is the only truly free “press” we still have.’
Lovely irony there for you! given this is the person who is trying to close down free speech – Dave Walkers and at least a few other bloggers and their sites as well!
I would like to…
Make a financial contribution
Sign a fundraising letter
Write letters to the editor
E-mail messages to editors and opinion leaders’
This one relates to this ongoing action: http://andjesuswept.blogspot.com/2008/07/more-spck-bullying.html and the response reported from some of the bloggers as to the replies they got! as reported here, https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24844304&postID=386709787575471942&isPopup=true
Especially as the email address being used is not a personal one but is actually his work one, and freely posted by him at various and many places, such as his business website, his St Stephen website and on yellowpages and superpages.com.
there really are some other excellent quotes and pictures from these pages:
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.brewer2000.com
I also like this one from the Brewer&Pritchard site:
‘Like other business people, lawyers exist in a competitive world. They must be willing to withstand the scrutiny of those whom they serve and those whom they seek to serve.’ http://www.bplaw.com/
“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither enter yourselves, nor allow those who would enter to go in.” (Matthew 23:13 RSV).
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the Law, justice and mercy and faith; these you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!” (Matthew 23:23-24)
My goodness, you’ve been sending a lot of blog traffic my way! Am just hoping, praying that this doesn’t turn any more nasty…