“Are you gonna join my revolution?” Jesus asked.

“What revolution?” Uncle Sam replied.

“We need a new way of doing things. We need love and peace, not war and commerce.”

“You have guns then?”

“It’s hard to fight for peace with a weapon in your hand. We turn the other cheek instead.”

“You can’t change the world without guns. What are you gonna do, ask heads of governments politely to step down?”

“We disobey civilly.”

“You’ll end up in jail.” Uncle Sam chuckled, knowingly, “Or worse yet on a cross.”

“Without honest folks to break bad laws, there will never be justice.”

“You can’t just pick and choose which laws to obey and which to disregard. Be reasonable.”

“What’s reasonable about the rich and powerful hoarding everything while everyone else starves?”

“They wouldn’t be starving if they knew what was good for them. What they really need is to work harder, pull themselves up. They need a good idea.”

“What about compassion? Is that a good enough idea for you?”

“I rather prefer freedom.”