[Vision2020] Jeb Bush Featured in Gay Marriage Ads

[Sunil Ramalingam]

Donovan,

I do my best not to respond to your posts, but I'll make an exception here.

First, I have offered no judgment or opinions regarding what Pat meant by 
her comments.  I don't know what she means at all, because she won't answer 
my question.  I would like to know what she meant, and she has chosen not to 
answer.  I don't know how you know what she meant, unless she told you 
offlist; she has not done it here.

Second:  I'm not sure where you get off criticizing my posts.  You wrote one 
of the most disgusting things I've seen here when you used the attempted 
suicide of one of my clients to launch an attack on me.

I never met that man before his attempt, and his case was never adjudicated. 
  But I did meet his mother and the rest of his family when they got to  
Gritman, and tried to comfort her has she cried.  I talked to her often 
after they decided not to keep him on life support.  He was a son, a 
brother, an uncle, and his attempted suicide and subsequent death caused his 
family terrible grief, as did the accusation against him.

When you are willing to mock his death here to attack me, how are you 
qualified to critique my post to Pat?  Move out of your glass house first.

Sunil


>From: Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>
>To: Sunil Ramalingam <sunilramalingam at hotmail.com>, vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Jeb Bush Featured in Gay Marriage Ads
>Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 07:47:34 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Sunil,
>
>   Why do all of your emails come across as a legal cross examination of 
>somebody on the stand? Are you not capable of speaking like a human being 
>instead of a lawyer? We aren't inside a court room, and Pat Kraut is a not 
>witness for the defense for you to try and discredit.
>
>   I think it is obvious to me, that Pat Kraut was trying to engage in 
>conversation about the state trying to force the church to behave in a 
>particular manner, she used interracial marriage as a similar instance as a 
>historical reference. She was not advocating that it was wrong as your 
>setting up your argument.
>
>   You turned the conversation into one about the personal beliefs of Pat 
>Kraut. She didn't want to go that route because you try to turn her words 
>against her rather than just having the conversation.
>
>   Best,
>
>   Donovan
>
>
>
>Sunil Ramalingam <sunilramalingam at hotmail.com> wrote:
>   Pat,
>
>You made a statement about interracial marriage, and I asked you to explain
>what you meant. I didn't want to jump to conclusions about what you were
>trying to say, and asked for clarification.
>
>You responded with a comment about ignorance of history, but little, if
>nothing, by way of explanation of your statement.
>
>Please do not now pretend that others are not willing to go along with you.
>If you choose to make vague statements and then refuse to clarify them when
>requested, it is not others who are failing to join you in dialog. You are
>refusing to participate in any meaningful dialog, not the others here.
>
>Sunil
>