I guess this means that the Rev. Keely will not be voting Democrat or Republican since she opposes the exploitation of a tragedy for political gain.<br> <br> Two quick points:<br> <br> 1) Democrats knew about this tragedy of a 50 year old hitting on a teenage boys and said nothing for a long time in order to get the media exposure closer to the election time. You don't think they JUST discovered this coincidentally days before the national election?<br> <br> 2) Democrats are running ads like this to win elections:<br> <br> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr3ZA4qeZ0M<br> <br> (If this isn't exploiting tragedy, what is?)<br> <br> So people have three choices this election:<br> <br> 1) Vote for a party that exploits youth<br> 2) Vote for a party that exploits abused youth for political gain<br> 3) Vote for neither political party and vote for a third party or independent.<br> <br> Which is the MORAL thing to do? Which will the preaching self righteous
"holier than thou" Reverend Keely do?<br> <br> Best,<br> <br> _DJA<br> <br><br><b><i>keely emerinemix <kjajmix1@msn.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Ummmm, Kerry? He set up the "Intoleristas are anti-Kirk bigots who won't <br>respond to this on Vision 2020" challenge, not me. So if no one responds, <br>it validates Dale's smugness and appears to confirm his callous idea that <br>tragedy -- even sin -- is of no interest to us unless it involves Christ <br>Church. If someone does respond, then they're accountable, of course, for <br>what they write, but I would assume they respond because -- again -- to not <br>do so plays into his ugly little scheme.<br><br>Dale's a smart guy. He set up a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" <br>situation. On this one, I'd rather be damned because I did -- that is, <br>because I did respond, even though I'm an Intolerista
and even though it <br>didn't involve Christ Church, and because his sickening desire to exploit <br>(yes, exploit) a tragedy to vindicate his position deserved a verbal <br>smackdown.<br><br>Self-righteous? Because I said I wrote to the family? If you think that's <br>evidence of my extreme trumpeting of extreme righteousness, perhaps you <br>ought to get out a little more. Maybe get to know me in all my impatience, <br>irritability, and occasional vulgarity. Sending a note and, given the <br>circumstances, publicly lending support to hurting people seems like what <br>anyone in the larger Church community would do, and not even a little bit <br>heroic, noble, or brave. I'm certainly not. But I think Dale behaved like <br>a gloating, whining twit. It deserved a comeback, Kerry, from someone who <br>professes the same faith and hates to see it dragged through the mud any <br>more than it has been.<br><br>Dramatic? Well, you know -- I am a writer, and I feel things
deeply. It's, <br>like, you know, kind of hard for me to write differently.<br><br>keely<br><br><br><br><br>From: "kerry becker" <kerrybecker6924 @hotmail.com=""><br>To: kjajmix1@msn.com, vision2020@moscow.com<br>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] courtney exploits tragedy<br>Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 11:26:33 -0700<br><br><br><br>This is a little dramatic. Self righteous even. Plus, didn't you just <br>exploit something you felt was exploited?<br><br><br><br><br>From: "keely emerinemix" <kjajmix1 @msn.com=""><br>To: vision2020@moscow.com<br>CC: dougwils@moscow.com<br>Subject: [Vision2020] courtney exploits tragedy<br>Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 19:05:38 -0700<br> ><br> ><br> >I had prayed, literally and with tears, that this wouldn't happen, but . . <br>.<br> ><br> >Dale Courtney's blog, in reporting yesterday's arrest of a Moscow pastor <br>on<br> >sex charges, jeeringly asks how much play THIS will get on "Venom 2020," <br>the<br> >obvious implication being
that all of us "Intoleristas" won't condemn the<br> >alleged behavior of a pastor not affiliated with Christ Church, so <br>vitriolic<br> >are we in our hatred of the Kirk.<br> ><br> >Dear God.<br> ><br> >I am so sorry, so sickened, but not at all surprised, that this<br>professing<br> >believer would attempt to make the tragedy of the pastor's arrest into an<br> >"Intoleristas persecuting Christ Church" claim. Dale, you are a pathetic<br> >human being. You embarrass yourself, you shame your Savior, and you cast<br> >even more of a bad light on your congregation. I am copying this to Doug<br> >Wilson, your pastor, in the hope that he will deliver the rebuke you<br> >deserve. Any other pastor would be aghast at your callousness, and I hope<br> >he is. Your shameless grandstanding and the carelessness with which you<br> >hurl your peculiar brand of invective reveals you to be a person of hard<br> >heart, poison tongue, and
curiously convoluted mind. What in hell is <br>wrong<br> >with you?<br> ><br> >I'm heartbroken about Malgren's arrest. If he's guilty, it's<br>a tragedy. If<br> >he's not, it's a tragedy. Either way, his family is suffering terribly, <br>as<br> >is his congregation, and if the charges are true, a young woman is and has<br> >been suffering terribly. I stated publicly during the Sitler debacle that<br> >if his confession of faith in Christ Jesus is sincere, he is my brother <br>and<br> >he has my prayers. Same with Malgren -- he and his family are in my<br> >family's prayers, and I've written them a note to offer my condolences and<br> >support. That doesn't make me any more or less an Intolerista, an "enemy"<br> >of Christ Church, or a good person. That Dale Courtney would be so <br>blinded<br> >by hate as to use this situation as he has is despicable beyong words, and <br>I<br> >fear for the state of his vicious, toxic, and
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