[Vision2020] Twister, anyone?

[ben merkle]

> PS: Entertaining as they are, I won't address your musings on evolution
> here,

Joan pats Nate on the head and asks him to not bring up those nasty
questions about Darwin and Sanger. A brilliant maneuver, but don't anybody
else try this. Only real scholars can get away with it. Tricksy little
Wilson Hobbit. We hates em, we hates em.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joan Opyr" <auntiestablishment@hotmail.com>
To: <vision2020@moscow.com>
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 3:32 PM
Subject: [Vision2020] Twister, anyone?


> In defense of dear old Dad, Nate Wilson writes:
>
> >There are two things to be pointed out here. The first is this: If
Melynda
> >is right, and Uncle Tom's Cabin and Roots are the authorities, then at
> >worst my father is a poor historian.
>
> The point, Nate, is not that your father is a poor historian; the point is
> that he isn't a historian at all.  Historians usually have academic
training
> in their chosen subject area.  Even when they don't have the PhD (as in
the
> case of the great Barbara Tuchman), they've read widely, studied with
> experts, and subjected their ideas and theories to the scrutiny of juried
> publications and peer review.  Your father is not a historian; he's a
> polemicist, a Bill O'Reilly or a Rush Limbaugh, albeit on a much smaller
> scale.
>
> The argument that Doug is making in his writings on the old South is that
> things weren't all that bad for black folks, and even on those rare
> occasions when Massa fell short of the ideals of compassionate ownership,
> there's still a Biblical case to be made in justifying the institution of
> slavery.  Like Melynda, many of us take issue with Doug's methods, his
> conclusions, and his choice of topic.  This is comic book history, Son.
It
> fits easily onto a quarter sheet with plenty of margin and room for a
> Sea-Monkeys ad.  Once again, why slavery?  Why the old South?  What does
the
> Confederacy have to do with the ideal practice of Christianity?  It
puzzles
> me that I never seem to come across a Fundamentalist musing on the Sermon
on
> the Mount, arguably the single most important speech Jesus ever made
> regarding his ideals and philosophy.  Instead, they always seem to be
> getting bogged down in Leviticus.  It's a shame -- kind of like stopping
in
> Kissemmee-St. Cloud when you were really hoping for Disney World.
>
> Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment
>
> PS: Entertaining as they are, I won't address your musings on evolution
> here, Nate, except to say that if your father is no historian, he's no
> scientist either.  Don't talk to me about groin-stretching to make one's
> points -- you're clearly limber enough to play Twister with the Cirque du
> Soleil.
>
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