[Vision2020] Moscow Ordinance 2002-13 aka The "Topless" Ordinance

[g. crabtree]

Mrs. Lund, why is that when the CC critics and their various "progressive" 
buddies along with their hand picked (and paid for) city council people 
attempt to impose their will on a collective Moscow, in the form of NSA/CC 
harassment, unionization of city employees or anti-growth measures, it's 
democracy at work but when A decency ordinance is passed, with the support 
of several local congregations and five non CC council members, an ordinance 
that is similar to many others across the nation, it's "ridiculous and 
reactionary," and a case of ramming through bad law and using undo pressure 
as well as contributory to making Moscow a laughing stock? And all because 
of Doug Wilson? I seem to sense a serious double standard at work here. 
Again.

I also really don't recall there being a feeling of desperation in the air 
when Ord. 2002-13 was enacted and am certain that a lynch mob mentality was 
not at work. To refer to goings on surrounding the enactment of the topless 
ordinance as a sacrificial crisis is to grossly overstate matters in an 
attempt to make a tenuous, to the point of nonexistent argument. If the 
majority of Moscow truly feels that they were "steamrolled," it should be 
fairly easy to have this odious piece of law making repealed. Perhaps you'll 
have citizen/councilman Ament bring this urgent matter up at the next 
council meeting? Maybe Mr. Stout would like to champion this important cause 
for you? Remember what happens if good people do nothing.

gc

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Saundra Lund" <sslund at adelphia.net>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 11:42 AM
Subject: [Vision2020] Moscow Ordinance 2002-13 aka The "Topless" Ordinance


> Visionaries:
>
> I got an email today from a friend who worked with the group which tried 
> to
> overturn Moscow's ridiculous and reactionary topless ordinance that was
> rammed through due to pressure from the Christ Church "PAC."
>
> My friend sent me a link to an entry on Doug Wilson's blog and thought it
> did an excellent job of explaining the Christ Church's role in that mess
> that steamrolled over the beliefs of the majority of our community:
>
> "Those who stir up strife in towns, churches, cities, or nations are 
> trying
> to create a situation when everyone will get to a point of desperation, 
> and
> then try to resolve the problem with some kind of dramatic action. That
> dramatic action is sudden, forceful, fascinating, and its effects are very
> potent . . . and temporary.
>
> This is why mobs function the way they do. This is how lynching occurs. .
> .But it is a pseudo-salvation. It is a lie. When this kind of person
> succeeds in stirring up a sacrificial crisis, he gets the mob, or the 
> crowd,
> or the presbytery, or the congregation, as the case may be, whipped up 
> into
> a sacrificial crisis and ready for a dramatic solution to all the trouble. 
> "
> http://www.dougwils.com/index.asp?Action=Anchor&CategoryID=1&BlogID=2510
>
> Indeed.
>
> A law was passed that AFAIK to this day has *never* been enforced. 
> However,
> it did manage to make Moscow, Idaho a national laughing stock  :-(
>
> I have to agree with my friend . . . and I also have to wonder why Wilson
> doesn't see himself in his own words  :-(
>
>
> Saundra Lund
> Moscow, ID
>
> The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do
> nothing.
> - Edmund Burke
>
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