[Vision2020] Fw: Town Sermon: What to expect?

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne A. Fox" <waf@moscow.com>
To: <vision2020@moscow.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 9:45 AM
Subject: Town Sermon: What to expect?


> Seekers,
>
> Has anyone noticed the change of language concerning the purpose of the
town
> sermon scheduled for tonight by cult leader Douglas Wilson?
>
> In letters and Vision 2020 messages written before Nick Gier's Vision 2020
> questions cult leader Wilson says:
>
> "Every effort will be made to get to all the questions."
>
>
> However, in a front page article in last evening's Daily News, Wilson
says
> he:
>
> "Hopes to answer reasonable concerns from reasonable people."
>
>
> Who decides what is a reasonable question and who is a reasonable person?
>
> Obviously Wilson (self-appointed, self-anointed agent of some alleged god)
> is going to decide since he is completely controlling the format,
> discussion(?), and responses.
>
> Will questions by Bill London or Steve Wells, who by quoting Wilson's
exact
> words have exposed Wilson as an arrogant liar in the past, be allowed and
> answered directly and interactively?  Or will such questions be treated in
> the same flippant, flimflam, arrogant manner that Nick Gier's carefully
> researched questions were?  Will those who ask embarrassing questions be
the
> target of abusive emails from Wilson son-in-law Ben Merkle as was Nick
Gier?
>
> Will questions about other subjects than Wilson's views on slavery be
> allowed?  Questions about sexism, homophobia, alleged abuse of apostate
cult
> members, alleged suppression of alleged spousal and child abuse by cult
> members, alleged child abuse at Logos School, etc.?
>
> Is the so-called town meeting going to follow the traditional town meeting
> format where extended free-flowing debate between those in the audience
and
> those on the podium takes place?   Or will questioners be prevented or
> discouraged by rudeness or sarcasm from responding to the answers given by
> the cult leaders?
>
>
> Will people who have not only questions but important information about
> anti-social or criminal practices of the cult to share be allowed to speak
> or will they be silenced?
>
>
> Or will written questions be solicited beforehand so that the audience is
> not allowed to see or hear all the questions or if the question read is
> really the question asked?  Will the audience know who really asked the
> question?  Will questions be planted by beforehand by the organizers of
this
> farce?  Exactly what interaction between the audience will be allowed?
Will
> the media be allowed to interactively pursue Wilson's responses?
>
>
> It is also interesting to note that Wilson's previous Vision 2020
invitation
> promised "honest answers" (as if he were capable of such).  The "honest
> answers" content is missing from both the Daily News letter and news
> article.
>
> Based on his past performance, I expect Wilson's  answers (though perhaps
> charming) to certain questions to dishonest, evasive, not on point,
designed
> to disguise the more abhorrent parts of his views, and perhaps abusive and
> accusatory.
>
> Wayne
>
>