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Originally Posted by Lawdog
First of all, you're being silly. Roger Elvick is a typical con artist, nothing more. He tells people what they want to hear, or at least used to, at his seminars.
And actually, no, I do NOT consider those two men to be role models. Nelson Mandela is, or at least was, a Marxist, and I despise Marxists. Mahatma Gandhi, while generally a decent man, was so dedicated to pacifism above all else that he once said the Jews should have just gone meekly to their deaths at the hands of the Nazis. I find that to be a rather sick and insane thing to say.
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Role models are presented as examples of success. Both Mandela and Gandhi rose to the top of the heap (so to speak) no matter what politics or ideas got them there. They both were imprisoned in the process and yet there was no similar stigma to them that you appear to be laying on Elvick. Not that there is the slightest hint that Elvick has political asperations.
Hitler, Stalin and Nixon might also be considered role models; there is no indication that they were ever imprisoned however. They all should have been imprisoned but then that is a personal view. From their perspective they were successful for a period and then their day was done.
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Originally Posted by Lawdog
Imagine...a meek-looking, bespectacled lawyer like me whips out a .40 Glock when some jerk threatens me?
The look on his face would be priceless.
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Read any good Spiderman comics lately?