[Vision2020] church and paintball

[mark seman]

I appreciate the sentiment and find no fault with it, but consider:
It might be 'killing' to some of those playing paintball; it might be
'tagging' to someone else who's playing.

It might be 'killing' to those that pretend it to be killing, or it might be
'tagging' to those that perceive it as just tagging.

What's bridge or fencing?  Competition is about concour (which can mean
other that killing), but sport is about fun (which can mean killing).


mark r. seman, architect
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  -----Original Message-----
  From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com
[mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]On Behalf Of Ellen Roskovich
  Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 8:06 AM
  To: jampot at adelphia.net; vision2020 at moscow.com; msolomon at moscow.com
  Subject: Re: [Vision2020] church and paintball


  Dancing and making joyous noise is a far cry from slithering around in the
bushes, taking pot shots at your buddies and keeping score on how many kills
you have.

  Call me a fuddy duddy if you wish.  No, I'll even do it for you. . . I'm a
fuddy duddy.  I do not like organized "games" that condition people to kill
off their fellow humans.

  I would cringe at any group organizing this activity for kids and it would
have opened the door for "discussion" at our household.

  Ellen A. Roskovich






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    From: "g. crabtree" <jampot at adelphia.net>
    To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>, "Mark Solomon" <msolomon at moscow.com>
    Subject: Re: [Vision2020] church and paintball
    Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 07:26:41 -0700


    Absolutely! Any time the Churched strip off their sack cloth and ash and
venture forth from their cloisters I worry that they might have something
resembling a good time. Next thing you know they'll be dancing and making a
joyous noise and goodness knows we can't have any of that.

    g



      ----- Original Message -----
      From: Mark Solomon
      To: vision2020 at moscow.com
      Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 5:32 AM
      Subject: [Vision2020] church and paintball


      Does anyone else find this as disturbing as I do? (I'd post a link to
the full story, the rest of which is a straight business story about
paintball, but the Tribune is a subscriber only website.)


      Mark


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      Aiming for fun, with a license to thrill




      By Elaine Williams of the Tribune
      Sunday, July 1, 2007


      Church groups are among the most frequent customers of FTW Paintball,
a store that recently opened in Lewiston.

      The organizers find that playing paintball is a way to create
relationships among their members, said Marty Frostad, owner of the
business.


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