[Vision2020] The Wrong Bunch of Fanatics

[Donovan Arnold]

Mr. Hansen,

Are you stating to us that you approve of this
behavior toward the Nuart theater? Why do you want the
law enforced on the west side of Main St. but not the
east? Are you saying that people who feel threatened
and intimidated should remain silent?

I find hate messages and destruction of personal
property wrong regardless of who they are aimed at. It
is unfortunate that you trivialize such incidences.

Donovan J Arnold

--- Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:

> >From today's (September 7, 2005) Moscow-Pullman
> Daily News and right-mind.us
> -
> 
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> 
> The wrong bunch of fanatics
> 
> I am the manager of the Nuart Theater, downtown. The
> Nuart has been visited
> lately by city of Moscow inspectors who are
> faithfully (and very politely)
> doing their jobs. The problem is, they are being
> sent to us by concerned
> residents who are fabricating complete lies. The
> inspectors have been asked
> to come to us to inspect problems and conditions
> that don't exist. 
> 
> Our city inspectors are running around on wild goose
> chases at the whim of
> liars with a "religious" agenda. Some folks, when
> they have exhausted all
> reasonable and legal methods of attack, get mad -
> and then they invent lies
> and are anonymous. 
> 
> Here at the Nuart we are used to religious
> persecution - we have recently
> had our signs kicked and destroyed, our patio chairs
> smashed, verbal insults
> hurled, nasty anonymous notes left on our door,
> schedules torn down, and
> very often I clean spit off of our windows left by
> nonsupporters. And this
> is all done in the name of making Moscow a better
> place to live. And this is
> all done to us because we choose to carry books that
> talk about the Bible
> and we want to tell people that God loves them. 
> 
> None of this vandalism is surprising to me. Everyone
> serves their own world
> view, and some will always serve their "religion"
> more fervently than
> others. But I am dismayed that the vandals in this
> town are other than
> inebriated teenage men. 
> 
> Since proper taxation is a prevalent issue these
> days, I think you need to
> be informed that your public servants are having
> their time wasted (i.e.,
> your tax money) by religious fanatics who are bent
> on discrimination. And
> those Moscow residents who wish certain religious
> fanatics would leave town
> are focusing on the wrong bunch of religious
> fanatics. 
> 
> Eric Engerbretson, Moscow
> 
>
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> 
> For those of you struggling to understand just what
> is being in Mr.
> Engerbretson's letter, let me translate.
> 
> "Waaah"
> 
> As Elton John so eloquently put it, "I guess that's
> why they call it the
> blues."
> 
> It will be most interesting to see how this plot
> unfolds.  Stay tuned.
> 
> Until then . . .
> 
> Take care, Moscow.
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> "I think one of the best ways to support education
> is to make successful
> private schools like Logos prosper through tax
> exemption."
> 
> - Donovan Arnold (July 11, 2005)
> 
> 
>
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