[Vision2020] You don't have to be a blood hound.

[Sunil Ramalingam]

Tom,

I saw two different men holding the sign this morning, and one of them is 
back now.  I wouldn't call it hate speech, and I certainly don't think it 
should be restricted, though I hope they stay out of the way of pedestrians 
trying to use the sidewalk.

Earlier on this listserve, I saw a comment describing criticism of GMA 
candidates over the aquifer as 'partisan politics at its worst.'  While I 
would still  save that description for the attacks on Max Cleland, for 
example, I think this sign is making a strong run for the title.

Sunil


>From: Tom Ivie <the_ivies3 at yahoo.com>
>To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] You don't have to be a blood hound.
>Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:16:04 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Oh my!  Calling someone who is a member of probably the most persecuted 
>group of all time, a Jew, bigoted? You can say a lot of things about Linda 
>Pall, but calling her a bigot does not fit. At some point, whether intended 
>or not, the line fades from political free speech to hate speech.  If this 
>man is a member of an organized group, what does that say about the group?  
>Maybe this person is a loose-cannon? I don't know who he his. It is one 
>thing, and expected, to have back and forth about issues during election 
>time, but that kind of thing is uncalled for no matter what side you are 
>on.  Let's keep it clean!
>
>donald huskey <donaldrose at cpcinternet.com> wrote:                 This 
>morning a man was spotted at Third and Main sporting the sign shown below. 
>You don’t have to be Sherlock Holmes to follow this trail:
>
>   From Blog Mablog(Doug Wilson’s blog 10/27/07:  
>ttp://dougwils.com/index.asp?Action=Anchor&CategoryID=1&BlogID=4678&Data=3003#
>   “So, why not vote for any incumbents? Here is the council's record, 
>first on the question of their religious bigotry.
>   Dale Courtney posted the following about this council:
>  1. Denied St. Mary's School a simple variance and blocked it from 
>building its addition—setting the school back for the flimsiest of reasons;
>  2. Drove Atlas Boys School out of town (for their own safety of 
>course—kill private education, it's for the kids);
>  3. Council member Ament tried (but failed) to remove NSA from downtown by 
>advocating a moratorium on all conditional use permits for schools in the 
>CBD (remember this self-proclaimed advocate for "human rights" and 
>supporters of education called NSA "an education-free zone" and its 
>students "Androids");
>  4. Imposed parking conditions on NSA that no other business in the 
>downtown is required to meet (all the while winking at the UI's three 
>downtown locations—there by right and with no parking requirements);
>  5. Passed new zoning rules for "boarding houses" that do nothing to stop 
>party houses, but removes the freedom of owner-occupied family homes from 
>showing hospitality to students—especially NSA students—or 
>missionaries—especially Mormons, others.”
>   To a post this morning on “Right-Mind:  Dale Courtney’s website 
>http://right-mind.us/blogs/blog_0/archive/2007/10/29/55665.aspx
>   “An MCA Protestor   An MCA protester was seen in downtown Moscow this 
>morning between 7:30 and 9:00, walking around with the following sign and 
>talking to people. I wonder what his talking points were?”
>
>   The red-headed stranger from the Kirk who was carrying this sign appears 
>to be a clone of a close pal of Dale’s, Dave Glasebrook.  With the implicit 
>encouragement of his pastor, Doug Wilson, and urging on (no doubt) from 
>Dale, we have, once again one of the privates leading the charge while the 
>ranking officers hang back in the rear. Trinitarian Skylarking by confused 
>followers desperately seeking ecclesiastical approval has been the 
>preferred modus operandi for many years.
>   The real question is: Do the GMA candidates wish to be associated with 
>this kind of tactics?  If I were endorsed by the GMA I would make every 
>effort to put several miles between me and the clowns who pulled off this 
>little stunt.  Or, better yet, let’s see if the GMA candidates publicly 
>disavow this baloney. I bet all we will hear from them is a profound 
>silence. My pal Saundra Lund reminds us on her email tagline, “The only 
>thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing, 
>so what will the good people of GMA do about this.  (One solution might be 
>to get Bob Hieronymous and son out of the GMA political arm – thus avoiding 
>guilt by association.)
>   Rose Huskey
>
>
>
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