[Vision2020] The Secret Life of Schwaller Mitty, Part I

[Art Deco]

Tom,

The appears to be an error in your quote:

Perhaps, it should be:

 "I'll just speak for our church, in Christ Church.  If I found out that a member of our church or a church officer was lying to non-believers in the community, as a way to get by or protect themself [sic] or protect his reputation, yes, he'd be discipled [or made an elder, with honors]."


W.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
To: "'Bob Herodotus'" <bherodotus at yahoo.com>; <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 9:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] The Secret Life of Schwaller Mitty, Part I


> Lest we forget . . .
> 
> http://www.NotOnThePalouse.com/The_Open_Letter.htm
> 
> Seeya round town, Moscow.
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> "I'll just speak for our church, in Christ Church.  If I found out that a
> member of our church or a church officer was lying to non-believers in the
> community, as a way to get by or protect themself or protect his reputation,
> yes, he'd be disciplined."
> 
> - Doug Wilson (January 31, 2007)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
> On Behalf Of Bob Herodotus
> Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 9:13 AM
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: [Vision2020] The Secret Life of Schwaller Mitty, Part I
> 
> Dear Mr. Schwaller,
> 
> You say, "QED," but your latest rhetorical devices indicate that you have
> fallen head first into a protracted "I am not Doug Wilson; I just act like
> him," downward spiral, which will only end in calamity. Please, let me help
> restore you by filling in yet more blanks.
> 
> In order to understand this next point, you must firmly grasp the axiom that
> IT IS ALL ABOUT DOUG, and you must understand that the only way for Pastor
> Wilson to insure that all things remain ALL ABOUT DOUG, he must CONTROL THE
> CONVERSATION. He must bend and shape and twist the dialogue, if not prohibit
> it outright, to insure that when anyone says anything about him (or his
> church), they either say nice things or else he is present to CONTROL THE
> CONVERSATION.
> 
> This objective is easy enough to achieve inside the church where he rules
> with an iron fist. For example, in a previous post I referenced Duck
> because, as you know, Wilson gave him an ultimatum: "Sign the Christ Church
> Commitment to Loyalty or I'll put you in the bread line." The Christ Church
> Commitment to Loyalty prohibited free speech and it required the strict
> appearance of perfect loyalty to the church - so strict that if anyone ever
> questioned it, Wilson would immediately terminate him. The rest of the
> stories spun by Wilson are complete fabrications. I have read the Christ
> Church Commitment to Loyalty and I have spoken to Duck. Sadly, most kirkers
> are afraid to call him because they know that when they hang up, they will
> have to make a costly decision (Wilson knows this too). However, the point
> of the Christ Church Commitment to Loyalty and the point that you must
> understand was Wilson's obsessive need to CONTROL THE CONVERSATION.
> 
> An even better example of Wilson's need to CONTROL THE CONVERSATION is the
> case at hand - Steven Sitler. Mr. Schwaller, what pastoral consideration
> could possibly exist that would override Wilson's absolute responsibility to
> warn his flock of predation? Of course, you and I both know that the answer
> is "No reason or excuse exists that could in any way relieve him of this
> obligation." But believe it or not, last year the paper quoted Wilson (or
> one of his proxies), saying something like they "did it for the victims,"
> whatever that means.
> 
> By comparison, the church in Colville not only sent letters to the
> congregation, they adopted a policy to purchase a full-page ad in the
> newspaper to place Sitler's photograph before the public with the warning:
> CONVICTED PEDOPHILE, if he ever returns to Colville. Now that's a church
> that cares. Not Wilson; he didn't say boo to the flock, let alone the
> public, which brings us back to point.
> 
> Wilson decided to ignore the urgent duty of warning his congregation because
> he wanted to CONTROL THE CONVERSATION. He understands that the words "Serial
> Pedophile" lead to six-inch headlines, and in 2005 he certainly didn't want
> to go through another 2003-04. After all, IT'S ALL ABOUT DOUG. So he
> CONTROLLED THE CONVERSATION by withholding vital information.
> 
> Now take this principle and apply it to Vision 2020. Wilson needs to CONTROL
> THE CONVERSATION, but after he ran away from here in 2003, he put himself in
> a pickle. How could he honor his pledge to sign off 2020 yet simultaneously
> CONTROL THE CONVERSATION? The answer to this question lies within the Secret
> Life of Schwaller Mitty.
> 
> It is not enough for Pastor Wilson to have proxies spreading his opinions on
> this bulletin board. Ultimately, he must visit this list in person to make
> his arguments firsthand. So when he said farewell in December 2003, he left
> by name only because even at that time he had two Schwaller Mittys - two
> fictitious personalities with pseudonymous email accounts - subscribed to
> Vision 2020 so that he could CONTROL THE CONVERSATION. And these two
> conjured characters were the first in an endless parade of pseudonyms who
> would visit this forum at various points in Kirk history, so that Wilson
> could CONTROL THE CONVERSATION.
> 
> Mr. Schwaller, I introduce you to Edna Wilmington (#1) and Rodney Johnson,
> the first two pseudonyms deployed by Wilson in November 2003, a couple of
> weeks before he signed off this listserv. Mr. Schwaller, think of them as
> the Ghosts of Schwaller's Past, for these two fakes were the beginning of
> Schwallers - extensions of a deranged imagination slipping into madness - so
> that Wilson could CONTROL THE CONVERSATION.
> 
> Mr. Schwaller, you must save yourself from this "I am not Doug Wilson; I
> just act like him," downward spiral, lest you fall into oblivion with all
> the others.
> 
> The Secret Life of Schwaller Mitty, Part II will follow.
> 
> Herodotus
> 
> PS: Mr. Schwaller, you have persuaded me that you can follow an argument and
> that you do not need repetitive caps. Please indulge me, however, because
> there is a group of people who require such things to help jar them out of
> their stupor.
> 
> 
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