[Vision2020] Victims

[deaconjames at verizon.net]

Hmm. Lots of words, little content. Oh, well. I guess I shouldn't have asked for a straight answer.

That reminds me. Mark Prior's return to the Cubs rotation on Sunday was less exciting than the Chicago faithful had hoped. He pitched 3 2/3 innings, giving up 8 runs, which led to a 12-3 Detroit rout. Apparently the Cubs fans left their class at home, as Prior left to a chorus of boos from the Wrigley Field crowd of nearly 40,000. 

Take care,

Deacon "Deacon" James

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From: Michael <metzler at moscow.com>
Date: Mon Jun 19 14:40:40 CDT 2006
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] Victims


Deacon Writes:
 
Don't hold out, dude.Please elaborate. I am sure everybody would love to know the nature and(perhaps more importantly) the tone of these conversations you've had. Just howcongenial was it?
 
Seriously.
 
 
Deacon,
 
Thank you for theinquiry.  I have been lied about and slandered in countless ways,particularly over the last week and a half, so I’ll just assume this hassomething to do with your curiosity.  I won’t speak about anyone butmyself: I was very calm, gracious, and congenial.  My wife stood by mewriting down notes of advice how to handle the conversation, which helped. I was encouraged to recontact them and I encouraged them to contact me with anyfurther concerns. The conversation was mildly productive. But again, Wilson’s use of thevictims since then has been horrifying, and I don’t want to give thewrong impression while trying to mitigate any discussion of victims that Ibelieve the victims should have a say in whether or not a community issufficiently notified of the presence of a serial pedophile. And again, to thevictim’s credit, they did not have a problem with the publicannouncement. Their greatest concern was the fact that I publicly stated thatmy wife found out via “a relative of the victim” in the course ofposting Wilson’saggressive emails to me and my replies.  I did not believe this was areasonable concern, and so I have offered no apology; although I have offeredmy warm sympathy in general. The overarching concern was really over thegeneral nature of Pooh’s Think, which is obviously not something I wasinclined to discuss very much.  The bottom line is this: I posted thepublic announcement; in doing this, folks at CC have deceived in such a way asto make me out to be as immoral as a pedophile for doing so, even though thevictims did not even have a complaint and agreed that the community could havebeen better informed (to their credit). The only reason I was drug into anyfurther discussion about this issue was because of my encouragement for someoneto stop referencing the victims on Vision 2020 and because of Wilson’s immediate, vicious attack onme, which did not relent for a number of days.  The story line is prettyclear and simple. As for any possible false information on my web site: afterposting the announcement, I immediately requested that Wilson provide any corrections and that Iwould edit my post and offer public apologies for any wrong information.  Wilson refused to providethese corrections, but rather lied about claimed “public and assessable”documents that I could have found in five minutes if I had merely tried.  Asfor releasing private information about the victims: I never did this on my website; but Wilsondid right here on Vision 2020 two times.  
 
Hope that helpsDeacon.  Let me know if you have any further questions. 
 
Yours,
Michael
 
 

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