[Vision2020] Metzler tries to reverse the diarrhoea diaries

[Taro Tanaka]

As a "tragedy of errors," Mike Metzler's Pooh Stink just goes from bad to 
worse. He claims he wants to be responsible in his "exposes" of evil in the 
church, yet he has carried plenty of stuff over the months that cannot, in 
the nature of the case, be responsibly corroborated. Basically, he has just 
been trusting his infallible nose. His Pope is his nose: Pater Nostril. Now 
even Metzler's anesthetized olfactory system is setting off alarms at some 
of the stuff that he has been passing along of late and he is belatedly 
backpedaling and issuing caveats to his readers. That's all good and well, 
as far as it goes, but what about all the other stuff that has been passed 
on simply because it passed his sniff test? The fact of the matter is, 
Metzler has no way of reliably gauging whether or not he is sinning against 
his Christian brothers and sisters with MUCH of what he passes on. It's just 
his best guess. Just blast away with the old shotgun and hope that most of 
the pellets hit the bad guys and not innocent people. And if that's not how 
it works out, well, at least your intentions were in the right place . . . 
right? But then there's that old saw about the road to hell being paved with 
good intentions.

.. . . That's responsible reporting? Responsible stewardship of words? 
Obeying the ninth commandment? Horseshoes, hand grenades, and hearsay . . . 
is it enough to be "mostly right" or "right most of the time" when your 
ministry is essentially muckraking? It is easy enough to spew forth a lot of 
crap, but it is very hard to suck it all back in once you have released it 
into cyberspace.

Mr. Metzler, none of this would have been a problem if you were simply 
addressing your words to God in prayer: He can sort out truth from fiction, 
even when you can't. But before you publish things online, you had better 
know the difference and be able to prove it. Anything less falls short of 
what our Lord demands. I hope you learn and profit from this experience. 
Otherwise you may have to answer for a lot of "collateral damage" in the day 
of judgment.

-- Princess Sushitushi

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