I made my comments regarding the Ray Franz versus Bill Bowen controversy. On the recent discussion of Bill Bowen, Silent Lambs, and the disorganization, if not the dissintigration of this movement, I have not, thus far commented. I will now. First of all any successful organization, and especially a cause or crusade must have the fire of emotion. The leader of such a cause must also have the icy cold nonemotional logic to carry out the plan. All great leaders know this. The great generals in battle can be looked at as models, the combination of emotion and logic. Emotion alone will lead to mass destruction of the troops. Thus, reason and emotion are both necessary. I think this is a point that many friends of Bill's cause have been expressing, when they queston his tactics and strategy. A wise man will listen to his advisors, even if the advice is disturbing. To do otherwise will lead to ruination.
I now, want to comment on Hillary's statement, re: history. It is nice to think of a particular person or a particular event as the beginning of something important. The world is more complex than that. Every event has its historical anticeedents. Every significant event had events before it that allowed that event to happen. That is what Hillary is saying, so take it to heart. Every cause is built on the foundation that was set there before the significant even was even possible.