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Here's the rest of flippant's story. Actually, the nun's hadn't destroyed anything. They were part of a peace protest near a military installation located out on the plains, east of Colorado Springs. What they did was to hold hands and walk forward, saying a prayer for peace on earth. In so doing, they crossed the invisible line onto Schriver Air Force Base by about 2 feet. They were convicted of trespassing. The judge then tried to impose a sentence of community service upon them for their crime. One nun got up and looked the judge straight in the eye and said "I refuse to do community service as "punishment." I have spent the better part of my life giving service to my community. The court by its sentence is implying that my call to serve God and this community is so undesirable that it can be considered a punishment for a crime. I consider it to be both an honor and a gift to have served this community for over 20 years. I will not have my life's work mocked in this manner. You may send me to jail instead because I will do no community service at the order of this court. I will serve God, but not this judicial system. I find incarceration to be the only moral sentence that I will serve." And she sat down under the judge's stunned and embarassed gaze admidst applause from traffic offenders, juvenile deliquents and drug dealers.
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