[Vision2020] Why do we do the things we do?

bill london london@moscow.com
Tue, 06 Jan 2004 08:48:00 -0800


I would suggest posing that question to Mark Potok (he edits the 
Intelligence Report for the Southern Poverty Law Clinic) and is an 
expert on American hate groups.
He will be in both Moscow and Pullman in early Feb, speaking at both 
campuses in response to Wilson/Wilkins "history" conference.
BL

hayfields@moscow.com wrote:

>Visionaries,
>
>I like many have been reading the various and sundry posts back and forth about 
>Christ Church, Auntie E, and Rose and others. I have seen many posts about 
>intolerance, diversity,liberalism, crime and punishment. 
>I have been most interested in the posts that say (paraphrasing of course in 
>the interest of brevity) "Shuddap, move on, leave them(unspecified) alone...."
>Of particular interest to me is the line of thinking that goes- "what Christ 
>Church and its members espouse is only words, a set of beliefs...it cannot hurt 
>you, they are not enacting actual violence,so why worry about it?" I am 
>probably the least likely in my family (yes, I am the daughter of Donaldh675)to 
>ascribe sinister motives. So I wonder, are there instances where a 
>population/community looked the other way at a religious sect (or cult if you 
>prefer)and lived to rue the day?  Concrete examples would be best.  Something 
>modern would be great.  Can they really take over a town,county, state? I guess 
>what I am trying to find out is...what happens when we all as a group 
>say..."Yeah you are right, we should all mind our own business." Is that the 
>community that we want for Moscow? What are the possible realistic consequences?
>
>Heather
>Jordan
>
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