<DIV>Sue,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>"<EM>Donovan, I disagree. I find Mormons have a lot of fun poking fun at themselves. One of the funniest events I ever attended was a Salt Lake City teachers' meeting where the evening's entertainment was a fellow who traveled the LDS Church circuit with a hilarious monologue based on Mormon traditions</EM>"</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>You are welcome to disagree. I however, think that attacking a person's gender, sexuality, religion, family, race, economic status, or disability are all distasteful. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>First, I think the context of your example and the one in this media presentation is very different, this was done by a person attempting to discredit someone because of their faith and to cause them harm on a non-related job issue. His faith doesn't disqualify him for the job, which is what this presentation was attempting to do. This was not done for and by Mormons for entertainment
purposes only, as your context was made. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Second, a person's ability to defend or not defend themselves from such attacks is not what is at issue. Gays, Lesbians, most individuals with disabilities, women, Blacks, Hispanics, and other minorities are more than capable of defending themselves. That does not excuse people from bashing them and stating they are disqualified from serving in a position because of difference. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>You may believe that discrimination and ridicule of a person for their religion is OK, but I do not. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best Regards,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Donovan<BR><BR><B><I>Sue Hovey <suehovey@moscow.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16587" name=GENERATOR> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT
face=Arial size=2>Donovan, I disagree. I find Mormons have a lot of fun poking fun at themselves. One of the funniest events I ever attended was a Salt Lake City teachers' meeting where the evening's entertainment was a fellow who traveled the LDS Church circuit with a hilarious monologue based on Mormon traditions--the one I remember was the Mormon women work at crafting clusters of grapes in resin for table decorations. But there were others touching on polygamy, garments, etc. I'm willing to bet you, most LDS folks weren't nearly as offended as you were, and they can take up for themselves anyway. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sue </FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT:
10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">Donovan Arnold</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=idahotom@hotmail.com href="mailto:idahotom@hotmail.com">Tom Hansen</A> ; <A title=vision2020@moscow.com href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 25, 2008 6:56 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Here I am With President Romney</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>This is disgusting Hansen!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I really would think that a person such as yourself who claims to be liberal would find this kind of media poking fun at millions of people's religious faith as intolerable. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>You know, there are millions of good people that are Mormons in the country, and while I might not agree with all the points of their
faith, poking fun at them for their faith is unAmerican, prejudiced, very discriminatory, not to mention arrogant. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I think you owe all the Mormons and their friends on this list an apology for promoting this kind of negative campaigning as acceptable. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>And as if you couldn't find something else to dog on Romney as to have to shoot below the belt and go for his faith. Do you not realize that this hurtful to all Mormons when you promote this garbage? </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best Regards,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Donovan <BR><BR><B><I>Tom Hansen <idahotom@hotmail.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <STYLE>.hmmessage P { PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } BODY.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma } </STYLE> "Here I
am With President Romney"<BR><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALG50bmbLW0">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALG50bmbLW0</A><BR> <BR>Sing along . . .<BR> <BR>(to the tune of "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah" by Allan Sherman)<BR> <BR>Hello Hillary, Hey Giuliani <BR>Here I am with President Romney <BR>How he won this was a riot <BR>Newsweek caught you two in bathrobes at the Hyatt<BR><BR>Mitt says our land needs reformin' <BR>'Cause it's not completely Mormon <BR>So protesters must speak softly <BR>And the War on Drugs now targets tea and coffee<BR><BR>For his talks with dignitaries <BR>Mitt just sends the missionaries <BR>And state dinners - gee, they're mellow <BR>All the heads of state bring casserole and Jell-o<BR><BR>Heads on Rushmore - you would dig 'em <BR>Mitt just sculpted Brother Brigham <BR>And the anthem needed switchin' <BR>So it's now "I Hope They Call Me on a Mission"<BR><BR>Oh my word <BR>He got elected <BR>Oh my gosh <BR>How unexpected
<BR>'Cause he's quite <BR>Distinctly male and white <BR>Despite <BR>His V.P. Gladys Knight<BR><BR>Oh my heck <BR>The far right trounces <BR>Mormon lives <BR>So Mitt renounces <BR>Plural wives <BR>But deep down they're OK <BR>As long as none are gay<BR><BR>Now I don't know where we're headin' <BR>But it might be Armageddon <BR>So you sinners better move it <BR>'Cause we're in the latter days and Mitt will prove it<BR><BR>I must meet the Elders' Quorum <BR>At the White House here in Orem <BR>So I'll run now - this is awesome <BR>We'll be swearing in Chief Justice Donny Osmond! <BR> <BR>------------------<BR> <BR>Seeya round town, Moscow.<BR> <BR>Tom Hansen<BR>MOscow, Idaho<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
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