[Vision2020] Angry Hens

[Kai Eiselein]

Gee, I don't hear anyone screaming about murderers or rapists getting married. Nope, just this one individual. Methinks that if he wasn't a member of a particular congregation, there'd be nary a peep.
What about the right of the woman to marry whomever she wants? (For the life of me, I can't imagine anyone wanting to marry someone like him.) What has SHE done? So, now we are talking about trampling on the rights of someone, who, as far as we know, is an innocent party.
For that matter, what about all of these "jailhouse" marriages that take place all over the country?
Opens up a nice can of worms, doesn't it?
You cannot legislate stupidity. If someone is idiotic enough to marry someone knowing full well that person has a "history", well then, "stupid is as stupid does".
So, Wayne, if you really believe the relationship between two people is nobody else's business, then you really should "butt the f--k out".
You can't have it both ways without supporting my argument that society has the right to deem what is acceptable.
 


From: deco at moscow.com
To: fotopro63 at hotmail.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Angry Hens
Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 14:17:46 -0700





Kai writes:
 
"Anybody for a big steaming helping of hypocrisy?"
 
How hypocritical are those who pretend to be advocates of freedom, especially free speech, but when someone expresses opinions to which they disagree they say:
 
"Now, stop acting like a bunch of gossiping women at the hairdresser and take your own advice and butt the f--k out."

?
 
In other words, "Shut up, this is a subject you should not discuss."
 
So much for the so-called libertarians; but we most of us knew that already.  Many of life's more complex and difficult situations are not amendable to a simple one sentence philosophy.
 
Just because something is legal, doesn't mean that is right.  If you need a big, hard to miss example, try subprime loans.  In the meantime, as a former publisher, Kai, you might want to think a little more about the importance of free expression.
 
w.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Kai Eiselein 
To: vision2020 at moscow.com 
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Angry Hens

Saundra, you seem to have missed my point.
The same people who engaged in much gnashing of teeth over anti-gay marriage laws a few years ago are now gnashing their teeth over what appears to be a marriage that is completely legal.
As I argued before, it is the community's right to choose what is socially acceptable. That argument was met with plenty of derision right here on the ol' viz. Now it seems that position has changed and a number of people who disagreed with my argument then have proven my point, in spades, I might add.
Anybody for a big steaming helping of hypocrisy?
As for Wilson, I haven't read any of his books, pamphlets, comic books, novels or flyers. I'm sorry, I'm just not all that interested in his religious or world views, so I cannot comment on what he may or may not have said based soley on the word of someone who appears to have an axe to grind with him.
If there is a legal issue, then by all means take it to the courts, council, commission, or wherever it needs to be addressed.
This constant screeching about every little thing is just plain childish and I believe it goes deeper than any legal issues. In fact, I believe it is an ideological clash and despite all of the "Coexist" stickers on cars in this town, there is a deep seated hatred towards anybody or anything that doesn't fit in with the local liberal lockstep.




=======================================================
 List services made available by First Step Internet, 
 serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.   
               http://www.fsr.net                       
          mailto:Vision2020 at moscow.com
======================================================= 		 	   		  
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/attachments/20110505/cc35ee3b/attachment.html