Tom,<br> <br> So if you "dislike" Wal-Mart so much, why do you shop there?<br> <br> Best,<br> <br> _DJA<br><br><b><i>Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> I would say that I simply dislike the idea of having a Wal-Mart Super Center<br>either in Moscow or in Pullman. But then (as Doug Wilson suggests) I would,<br>again, be guilty of "displaying public animosity".<br><br>Tom Hansen<br>Moscow, Idaho<br><br>"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving<br>safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in<br>sideways, chocolate in one hand, a drink in the other, body thoroughly used<br>up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO. What a ride!'"<br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: g. crabtree [mailto:jampot@adelphia.net] <br>Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 11:46 AM<br>To: Tom Hansen; Joan
Opyr; 'Moscow Vision 2020'<br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Don't Ruin Cemetery's Serenity<br><br>So why was looking at the backside of Wheatland shopping center and it's <br>attendant parking lot so much different and apparently preferable to <br>Wal-Marts? Or is it just a case of say anything to cast the Wal-mart project<br><br>in a negative light. Making a logical argument seems to take a backseat to <br>appealing to whatever emotional nonsense that might be made to appeal to the<br><br>like (and weak) minded. Hows about you tell us just exactly how wide a <br>buffer is required to maintain a respectful serenity for any given cemetery <br>and then tell us how you plan to apply this standard to every other burial <br>ground, Pullman and Moscow's included. I would be particularly interested in<br><br>how you'll achieve this at Pullman's other cemetery, but then again, since <br>it's not WM encroaching there I suspect those folks respect and serenity <br>matters far
less.<br><br>G. Crabtree<br>----- Original Message ----- <br>From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen @moscow.com=""><br>To: "Joan Opyr" <joanopyr @moscow.com="">; "'Moscow Vision 2020'" <br><vision2020 @moscow.com=""><br>Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 8:14 AM<br>Subject: [Vision2020] Don't Ruin Cemetery's Serenity<br><br><br>> >From today's (July 29, 2006) Moscow-Pullman Daily News with a special <br>> >thanks<br>> to Kelly Turk of Pullman -<br>><br>> -------------------------------------------------------------------<br>><br>> Don't ruin cemetery's serenity<br>><br>> The Daily News article about Barry Hart, the cemetery sexton, "A Peace <br>> among<br>> the deceased," brought up a couple of concerns with me. Hart states, "As<br>> time has gone by, it has become more popular (the cemetery).<br>><br>> People will come out here and sit and get comfort from being close to a<br>> loved one, or just to think." Now there is a push to put a
Wal-Mart <br>> parking<br>> lot next to the cemetery. Is that OK with all the supporters of Wal-Mart? <br>> Is<br>> nothing sacred but the dollar bill you save?<br>><br>> Over Memorial Day, my wife and I took our 8-year-old daughter to the <br>> Pullman<br>> Cemetery to show and explain to her what Memorial Day, other than being a<br>> vacation day, is about, thanking the soldiers that have died for our<br>> freedom. There were veterans there placing flags on the graves of soldiers<br>> from all the wars, and families were placing flowers and flags on the <br>> graves<br>> of their loved ones. It was very peaceful, and moving. Our daughter<br>> understood what all this meant.<br>><br>> The serenity of the cemetery was a big part of the effect on her. Doesn't <br>> it<br>> bother the Wal-Mart supporters that this will be gone? Isn't it<br>> disrespectful to treat our deceased neighbors and soldiers this way? I
<br>> can't<br>> imagine grieving over a loved one next to traffic and bright lights.<br>><br>> Destroying the serenity of the cemetery with a Wal-Mart is bad enough. The<br>> disrespect it shows our war dead is appalling. If you have a "support our<br>> troops" ribbon on your vehicle, and want the giant Wal-Mart next to the<br>> cemetery, please take it off. Better yet, reconsider your support of a<br>> Wal-Mart next to the cemetery. Show some respect. We can put it someplace<br>> else, like Mars.<br>><br>> Kelly Turk<br>> Pullman<br>><br>> -------------------------------------------------------------------<br>><br>> Thank you, Kelly Turk, for reminding us all of what is really important.<br>><br>> Building a Wal-Mart Super Center near a cemetery?<br>><br>> Hmmm. Now where have I read/heard that before?<br>><br>> Seeya round town, Moscow.<br>><br>> Tom Hansen<br>> Moscow,
Idaho<br>><br>><br>****************************************************************************<br>><br>> "A bad cause will ever be supported by bad means and bad men."<br>><br>> - Thomas Paine (English Writer, 1737-1809)<br>><br>><br>****************************************************************************<br>><br>><br>><br>> =====================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br>> http://www.fsr.net<br>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> ====================================================<br>> <br><br><br><br><br>=====================================================<br> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br> http://www.fsr.net <br>
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