In response to the comment by Anonymous on 4 May which said: "None of the Christians in my church want a bar to do with the likes of you. You should be ashamed of yourself to align yourself with the Lord," I have to say I'm totally disgusted by their breathtaking naivete and cowardice. That Christians would denounce these courageous actions designed to draw attention to the outrageous injustices wreaked on the world by the US and its allies including New Zealand shows how completely out of touch many Christians are not only with social justice movements of today, but also with the essence of Jesus and biblical teaching. Jesus said to stand with the poor and vulnerable, those who suffer injustices of the powers and principalities, and to break unjust laws and to stand up for justice however hard that might be.

Following Christ authentically is hugely challenging and uncomfortable in this unjust world of ours, but many so-called Christians choose to ignore this and instead live a lovely comfortable life simply being 'nice' and thinking they are God's light in the world. Teaching Sunday school and bringing biscuits for the Sunday night service does not fulfill your Christian requirement of loving your nighbour and standing with the poor. You gotta get out a little.

I can't speak for Peter because I've never met him, but I can say that Adi and Sam are amazing Christians, more committed and authentically following Christ in his call to humility and resistance to the corruption of the world than most Christians I have ever met. Christians should be supportive of those who dare take actions like these that many of us do not dare attempt. That people would deride them is tragic.

"Resistance to the power of death [is] the only way to live humanly" - William Stringfellow