Well, I think you must remember the time these pioneers lived in. There was a certain maturity and kindness that was taught in our upbringing, and the press by and large also followed this tenet, not to expose someone's half-truth or out and out lie, and then embarrass them to the point where they couldn't go anywhere without feeling shame and humiliated. That is what people today typically do to each other.
I think the kindness and forbearance instilled in me and the pioneers of yore goes back to the Golden Rule that Jesus Christ taught, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
----Brian Powell
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