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Article: The 'hagiography' of Ted Johnson.(letters)(Letter to the Editor)
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- Presbyterian Record
- Article date:
- November 1, 2004
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I was amused by Hugh McCullum's hagiography of our 'Great Helmsman', the late Ted Johnson ("Remembering the nightmare of Biafra", September 2004). Ted was undoubtedly a man of energy and panache, but the article fails to make the case that he was "Canadian Presbyterianism's most distinguished church leader." Time and history have not been kind to Ted's political judgments, either in China or West Africa. It is certainly debatable whether the Jointchurchaid Biafran relief efforts saved lives or caused death by protracting an unwinnable rebellion. Part of leadership involves motivating people to do things; but it also requires getting them to do the right things.
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