<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>While both incidences are wrong, there is a big difference between the severity.</DIV>
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<DIV>The incident at Friendship Square, sort of an ironic name considering all the hate there at times, and what happened to this man, are miles apart.. I will spell out the differences clearly:</DIV>
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<DIV>1) The Friendship Square incidence was a one time shot, not a repeated incident. If NSA got attacked 4 times in one month, you might have a case.</DIV>
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<DIV>2) The Friendship Square incidence was a name calling, not a threat of physical violence. </DIV>
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<DIV>3) NSA Members were not individually targeted by a self identifying group known for extreme violence. </DIV>
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<DIV>4) There is no long History of Violence and bigotry against people claiming to be Christians in Moscow like there is for non-Whites in Coeur d Alene.</DIV>
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<DIV>Your Friend,</DIV>
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<DIV>Donovan Arnold</DIV>
<DIV><BR>--- On <B>Tue, 12/8/09, Andreas <SPAN><SPAN>Schou</SPAN></SPAN> <I><ophite@gmail.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Andreas Schou <ophite@gmail.com><BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Vandalism Deplored as Hate Crime<BR>To: "Glenn Schwaller" <vpschwaller@gmail.com><BR>Cc: "vision2020" <vision2020@moscow.com><BR>Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 9:32 PM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>> So, for the sake of argument, let's put aside the legalities and the<BR>> fact this was someone’s personal property, and look at the "intent,"<BR>> "mind-set," or "personal character" displayed in both cases. Is there<BR>> a difference, humanistically, philosophically, morally, or socially,<BR>> between these two incidents? A simple yes or no will suffice. I, of<BR>> course, will vote No.<BR><BR>Absolutely.<BR><BR>I'm having a difficult time deciding whether you're ignorant, blind,<BR>or disingenuous. I suspect it's more the latter than anything. The<BR>swastika is not a symbol denoting "you are a Nazi." It's a symbol<BR>denoting "I am a Nazi, and I want to let you know that I know where<BR>you are." It's not merely an insult: it's a threat.<BR><BR>"Hitler Youth" is similar only insofar as it refers to Nazis. It<BR>refers, in particular, to your church's policy of preaching genocide<BR>against
the secular culture that will "become to you Amalekites" when<BR>you take over. I suspect that, even more particularly, it refers to<BR>your church preaching the state-sanctioned murder of gays and lesbians<BR>and the moral superiority of racial slavery. In that regard, then,<BR>it's not a statement that "we know where you are;" rather, it's a<BR>statement that "we know _what_ you are, and we find it abominable."<BR><BR>I'm willing to tell you that to your face, Doug. And while I don't<BR>necessarily approve of it being written on the sidewalk -- an<BR>uninvolved, undeserving third party likely had to wash it off -- I<BR>most heartily approve of the sentiment.<BR><BR>-- ACS<BR><BR>=======================================================<BR>List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <BR> <A href="http://www.fsr.net/"
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