From stmx3:
(Stuf4) wrote

As much as I admire Pete's aerospace accomplishments (let's not forget
X-20 selection) I certainly fault the man for disowning his own son
for being homosexual (I can only imagine how Pete acted toward his own
brother when he was dying of AIDS).

OK...Who around here left the ladder by the moral pedestal? CT's done
climbed right up there and is casting stones, as if he has no faults
of his own.

Casting stones? There is a critical difference between making a
judgement versus -passing- a judgement.

Judgements in and of themselves cannot violate respect. It is
judgements polluted with condemnation and judgements imposed onto
others that cross the line. I have expressed no condemnation
whatsoever toward Pete Knight (nor toward his son, for that matter)
let alone voiced any attack.

What I see to be a fault of his, he probably saw as a virtue. I am
not saying that one is right and the other wrong. Whatever I may see
as faults, I am not saying that anything he did was "bad". I look at
his life... I see wonderful things that he's done, and I see
not-so-wonderful things that he's done. These are my own judgements
that I hold only for myself. In all of this, I strive to accept
everything.

Pete made his own judgements of his son. Imagine if parents would
accept their children, with everything seen to be faults along with
those facets that are seen to sparkle.


~ CT