[Vision2020] What do the bookies have to say?

[Joan Opyr]

Dear Visionaries:

Lucy Jones asks who’s more credible, Rosemary Huskey or Jackie Woolf?  Let’s 
have a competition!

Clipped from a post by Jackie Woolf, dated 11/18/03:

"Secondly, while Pastor Wilson (rightfully) states he is against slavery, he 
also states the theory, which Christ Himself stated, "While in Rome do as 
Romans."  The Christian had/has no right to impose its views on slavery and 
overthrow the government to prove its point . . .

Thirdly, all of you sanctimonious, self-rightous, self grandising,  smug, 
haughty, "connected" beings that continue to buy products from countries 
that use slave labor or continue to support countries such as South Africa 
(hello WSU)need to get a grip.  It must be nice to sit up in an ivory 
balcony high above and look down on the rest of us and pass judgement - 
regarless of the fact that you do not know us or even make the effort to.  
No commitment, no effort, no cost to you."


And now, from a Rosemary Huskey rant, dated 11/20/03:

"You know what?  I am really tired of monkeying around with this subject, so 
let me give it to you straight.  Here’s what is actually on my mind about 
Doug’s infamous tract.  No, this isn’t the Dark Ages, Tim, but this isn’t 
the Darkie ages either, no matter how hard the morally bankrupt, 
historically fraudulent writings of Wilson and Co. strain to suggest 
otherwise.  Vision 20/20 folks have been far more courteous to the 
co-authors of “Slavery As It Was” than those reprobates deserve. The 
academic review by Sean M. Quinlan, Ph.D., and William L. Ramsey, Ph.D., is 
objective and thoughtful.  (Catch that, Tim?  I’m talking about legitimate 
scholars with recognized qualifications from accredited universities.  
That’s a fresh one, isn’t it?  I suggest that you take a big whiff.  Read 
their paper and acquaint yourself with the methods and style employed by 
well-trained historians; then you can engage in compare and contrast.)  The 
press has been far more accurate and restrained in reporting the current 
situation than W & W were in presenting the facts in their racist little 
booklet.  If I had had the pleasure of writing the Daily News headline on 
this subject, it would have read: Pseudo-Intellectual Wankers Publish Hate 
Book in Vanity Press."


Now accepting even money bets,

Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment

PS: As I've mentioned before, Rosemary is my mother-in-law.  How about a 
secondary bet on my chances of a Hannukah present?

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