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<div>Hi Matt-</div>
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<div>One person's agenda driven bias is another person's holy moral cause...</div>
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<div>Debbie can express her wish that others create their own separate forum for Christ Church related discussion... After all, her rights to free speech are the same as those who obsess (according to some) on Christ Church on Vision2020.
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<div>But telling others to get off the list because she does not like the subject they wish to discuss might have a chilling effect on the openness of the list...</div>
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<div>That's basically what I meant...</div>
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<div>Occasional sports posts have peppered Vision2020 for years... The Mariners seem a popular topic, though what do they have to do with local Moscow issues?</div>
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<div>I agree though that discussion of sports teams in other areas of the USA (U of I and MSD sports appear a valid local topic) should not dominate Vision2020. Gonzaga basketball might be an exception, given how close they are to Moscow...And I happen to be a basketball fan... My pet holy moral cause!
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<div>Ted Moffett</div>
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/22/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Matt Decker</b> <<a href="mailto:mattd2107@hotmail.com">mattd2107@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Ted,<br><br>I would agree that a unmoderated list is the only way to go.<br><br>Debbie is not asking for that, and neither am I. What we need is educated
<br>and thoughtful topics, not agenda driven bias, which has controlled the blog<br>for some time now. She respectfully asked to take Js' and Waynes' oponion<br>somewhere else. Along with anything that controlls the blog. They is so much
<br>more we can talk about, instead its an obsession with some.<br><br>I too could talk about topics for hours, such as the Bears dominance for the<br>next 20 years. How they have more hall of famers and had the best team
<br>ever(85 Bears). That will lead to little though. It would take away from the<br>potential this forum has. I respectfully decline to do so, along with trying<br>to limit my posts to 3 times a day.<br><br>Matt<br><br><br>
>From: "Ted Moffett" <<a href="mailto:starbliss@gmail.com">starbliss@gmail.com</a>><br>>To: "Art Deco" <<a href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</a>><br>>CC: Vision 2020 <
<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a>><br>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] vision 2020 proposal<br>>Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:10:59 -0800<br>><br>>Wayne et. al.<br>><br>>I disagree with much of the content on Vision2020, even some of Wayne's
<br>>posts, but I agree with him totally on the value of an unmoderated forum<br>>such as this; and that for those who don't value discussions about religion<br>>or Christ Church, they can ignore or delete those posts.
<br>><br>>I usually do not find ignoring subjects I have no interest in or find<br>>objectionable a problem when I read or participate on Vision2020.<br>><br>>Debbie's complaints no doubt express the views of many regarding the
<br>>dominance of Christ Church issues that sometimes can be found on this list<br>>serve. But many others think that these discussions are important Moscow<br>>issues, as Wayne argues, which should be an important focus of discussion
<br>>for very good reasons.<br>><br>>Why should Debbie's slant on the proper subject content for Vision2020<br>>control the list? Some people have trouble with freedom of speech, it<br>>appears.<br>>
<br>>Ted Moffett<br>><br>></blockquote></div>