Letters

Communism

Frank Bellet

Contents - Sep 2006 - Buy a copy now Editorial: 2006 Fighting Fund launched - Peter Westmore Conscience: AD2000 interviews Cardinal Pell - Cardinal George Pell USA: Liberal Christianity goes into meltdown - Charlotte Allen News: The Church Around the World Chavagnes: Catholic education in a secular culture - Alexander Morrison History: The Counter Reformation and the Jesuits - John Morrissey Family in Society: Asian and Australian families face similar challenges - Leslie Sammut Clergy: ACCC Annual Conference focuses on theology of Benedict XVI - AD2000 Report Letters: Thomas Groome (letter) - C. Hungerford-Morgan Letters: Baptism - Mark Moriarty Letters: Correction to last month's reflection on Baptism - John Young Letters: Communism - Frank Bellet Letters: African pen-friend - Fr Vincent Kajoba Letters: Safe Sex? - Arnold Jago Letters: Judicial activism - Henk Verheven Letters: Stolen faith - Marie Adamo Letters: Helping the Carmelites - Beth Burns Letters: Thank-you note - A. van Tilburg Poetry: The Touch of the Master's Hand - Myra Welch Books: William Bernard Ullathorne: A Different Kind of Monk, by Judith Champ - Michael Gilchrist (reviewer) Books: Advancing the Culture of Death, by Peter Hung Manh Tran - Peter Westmore (reviewer) Books: Why Must I Suffer? by Fr F.J. Remler CM - Jacinta Cummins (reviewer) Books: Stimulating reading from Freedom Publishing Reflection: Cardinal Arinze on the need for Eucharistic reverence - Cardinal Francis Arinze

It never ceases to amaze me how often the hoi polloi turn their thinking back to front when commenting on world events.

Take the recent visit to this country of former communist leader Mikhail Gorbachev and the letters to the editor praising this man for "bringing down" the Iron Curtain.

Perhaps this lack of accurate, analytical thinking is brought about by the West's discarding of the Ten Commandments as a basis for life, to be replaced by their own ten commandments, revolved around shallow politically correct nonsense. Consequently they can't detect right from wrong and wise from unwise.

Had they not heard of the efforts of Pope John Paul and President Ronald Reagan - the latter having outspent the Soviets in the arms race, plus Reagan's speech "Bring down that wall Mister Gorbachev"?

Crediting Gorbachev with defeating communism is like praising the English cricket team for their batting collapse, facing the Australian bowlers, which could deliver to Australia the Ashes.

FRANK BELLET
Petrie, Qld

Reprinted from AD2000 Vol 19 No 8 (September 2006), p. 14