[Vision2020] Response to Website Contact (rec'd from TomandRodna.com)

[Joe Campbell]

If all the anonymity is coming from the same members of the same church, that's not a good thing. Not good because it might be hiding the true opinions and influence of the church or it's members.

And I can't help but note how ironic it is that you use the term "demonize." When NSA calls secularism "evil," when Bouma's pastor calls Mormons "blasphemous" -- both cases of literal demonization -- it gets counted as "religious" opinion. Yet pointing out that a pedophile has been left in the care of an unqualified pastor is "demonization."



On Apr 26, 2011, at 10:54 PM, Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com> wrote:

> On 04/26/2011 08:09 AM, Rosemary Huskey wrote:
>> Hi Tom and Visionaries,
>> Because "Concerned" isn't concerned enough to sign his/her name we can
>> easily dismiss his/her opinions.
> 
> While I can sympathize with this statement in a lot of different 
> contexts, there are plenty of times where anonymity can be a good 
> thing.  For example, when you want to state an unpopular opinion 
> relating to a topic that is often demonized to such a degree that merely 
> stating that someone is going too far can bring unwelcome pressure to 
> bear upon yourself.
> 
> I'm not actually that "Concerned", though.
> 
> Paul
> 
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