In his letter, John Guillaumier (January 14) accused correspondents who complained about present-day persecution of Christians of “conveniently (ignoring) the long, sad history of persecution by Christians of non-Christians and fellow Christians alike.”

He then went on to mention a number of examples in which he conveniently ignored the long, sad history of persecution of Christians by non-Christians, including Roman emperors, Goths, Vandals, French revolutionaries, British monarchs, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Fascists, Communists and their latter-day heirs going by a plethora of very imaginative appellations.

But the most important point he ignored was, of course, that no amount of suffering can justify any form of persecution, wherever it may emanate from.

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