I'd like to ask all of you to sit for a second and think of a person you've cared for a great deal. I'd like you to consider if you liked them being sick. If not, then pray, hope, think, whatever it is that you do, that others won't get sick in the same way.
Now that we've done this, I'd like to bring up Fidel Castro. For those of you not in the know, he's been leader in Cuba for a big long time and has just, for the first time in many many years, let his brother rule temporarily. And before anybody says "good riddance," think back to what I asked you to do last paragraph. No matter your feelings for his rule, no matter your feelings about him as a person, no matter your feelings about communism, Castro is a human being. Do you know the saying, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you?" This is one of those cases. Castro is sick. If you believe in prayer, pray for him to feel better. If you don't, then think good thoughts for his health. You've seen me as a staunch opponent of our current White House, but every surgery Cheney gets I put aside my opinions and hope that he'll feel better. If you believe in the sanctity of human life in any way, shape, or form, then you should hope for even your enemies to be healthy. If you claim to be a pacifist, then no more wishing harm upon those you dislike! If you claim to be pro-life, no declaring that others should suffer for their beliefs! Lets all play nice, ok?
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