<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>It's my opinion that the world is big enough to hold both a 9/11 remembrance *and* a block party.</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>If I had died in the towers on 9/11, and I still had the capacity to want something (kind of a philosophical question), it would be for my family and friends to do something fun on this day to celebrate life. If they want to have a moment of silence for myself and the other victims of 9/11, I would feel honored, but I would not like them to spend all day being maudlin in my memory. Other people may feel differently, of course, which is really my point. Why be upset if someone else decides to mourn (or not) in a different way?<br></span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>Paul<br></span></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family: times new
roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Paul Rumelhart <godshatter@yahoo.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Art Deco <deco@moscow.com>; "<Vision2020@moscow.com>" <Vision2020@moscow.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, September 9, 2011 2:28 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] Am I the Only One that Finds This Distasteful?<br></font><br><meta http-equiv="x-dns-prefetch-control" content="off"><div id="yiv1200285828"><div><span class="yiv1200285828Apple-style-span" style="">A simple matter of respect would demand that this block party celebration be
rescheduled</span></div><div><span class="yiv1200285828Apple-style-span" style=""><br></span></div><div><span class="yiv1200285828Apple-style-span" style="">Perhaps previous block parties may have been celebrated on 9/11, maybe not. Good God, Mr. Rumelhart, this is the ten-year anniversary of a catastrophe that took 3,000+ lives. Didn't NuArt Theater management even give a passing thought to the heartless connotation of a block party on the catastrophe's tenth anniversary? Or was the money simply too good to pass up?</span></div><div><span class="yiv1200285828Apple-style-span" style=""><br></span></div><div><span class="yiv1200285828Apple-style-span" style="">I ask, Mr. Rumelhart . . .</span></div><div><span class="yiv1200285828Apple-style-span" style=""><br></span></div><div><span class="yiv1200285828Apple-style-span" style="">Would your response be the same if, instead of a Christian venue, it were a Muslim mosque sponsoring this
rock party?</span></div><div><span class="yiv1200285828Apple-style-span" style=""><br></span></div><div><span class="yiv1200285828Apple-style-span" style="">The response of "Others are doing it," doesn't hold water. However, if you must stand by that defense . . .</span></div><div><span class="yiv1200285828Apple-style-span" style=""><br></span></div><div><span class="yiv1200285828Apple-style-span" style="">What other organizations in Moscow are sponsoring block parties on Sunday?<br></span><br><div>Seeya round town, Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div> </div><div>"When all is said and done, have you done or said enough? Have you just gone along for the ride, or have you steered destiny's hotrod? When you leave this world, did you make it any better than it was when you arrived? All you need is all you've got: your wits and the clothes on your back. Your epitaph is yours to
earn. Your legacy is yours to make."</div><div><br></div><div>- Author Unknown</div><div><br></div><div> </div></div><div><br>On Sep 9, 2011, at 14:01, Paul Rumelhart <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com">godshatter@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div><span>According to the link in your email, it's a party they have near the beginning of every school year to welcome back UI and WSU students. Presumably, it happened to fall on 9/11 this year.</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>I'm sure there are plenty of other cases where some non-9/11-related event is scheduled for Sunday. Should every organization cancel all their events on Sunday because they happen to fall on this
date?</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>I'm all for a remembrance of 9/11, I encourage it, but the entire country shouldn't have to halt everything that day. In my opinion, of course.<br></span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>You guys find the funniest things to get all worked up
over.</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>Paul<br></span></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Tom Hansen <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>><br><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> Art Deco <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:deco@moscow.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</a>><br><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Cc:</span></b> "<<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</a>>" <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank"
href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</a>><br><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, September 9, 2011 12:25 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] Am I the Only One that Finds This Distasteful?<br></font><br><div id="yiv1200285828"><div>Can you even begin to imagine the fallout if a Muslim mosque
had a block party on Sunday?<br><br><div>Seeya round town, Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div> </div><div>"When all is said and done, have you done or said enough? Have you just gone along for the ride, or have you steered destiny's hotrod? When you leave this world, did you make it any better than it was when you arrived? All you need is all you've got: your wits and the clothes on your back. Your epitaph is yours to earn. Your legacy is yours to make."</div><div><br></div><div>- Author Unknown</div><div><br></div><div> </div></div><div><br>On Sep 9, 2011, at 12:07, "Art Deco" <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:deco@moscow.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:deco@moscow.com"></a><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:deco@moscow.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="2">Their claim to be Christians is about as true as
their claim that they will be presenting "world-class" music.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Verdana" size="2">And remember: 9/11 was their alleged God's
punishment of America for homosexuals, godlessness, etc.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Verdana" size="2">w.</font></div>
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<div style=""><b>From:</b> <a rel="nofollow" title="mailto:thansen@moscow.com
CTRL + Click to follow link" ymailto="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 09, 2011 10:05 AM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a rel="nofollow" title="vision2020@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Moscow Vision 2020</a> </div>
<div><b>Subject:</b> [Vision2020] Am I the Only One that Finds This
Distasteful?</div></div></div>
<div><br></div>On Sunday (September 11, 2011), while a majority of our
nation pays solemn tribute to those who lost their lives . . . it has been
encouraged for cities (as will Moscow) to activate their emergency sirens for
one minute, commencing at 1:00 PM (EDT) . . . on September 11, 2001 . .
.<br><br>The NuArt Theater, a self-proclaimed Christian venue is sponsoring . .
. a block party?<br><br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.nuarttheater.com/The_Nuart_Theater/block_party%21.html"></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.nuarttheater.com/The_Nuart_Theater/block_party%21.html"></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.nuarttheater.com/The_Nuart_Theater/block_party%21.html">http://www.nuarttheater.com/The_Nuart_Theater/block_party%21.html</a><br><br>Well,
I guess that we each grieve in our own ways.<br><br>Seeya round town,
Moscow.<br><br>Tom Hansen<br>Moscow, Idaho<br> <br>"When all is said and
done, have you done or said enough? Have you just gone along for the ride,
or have you steered destiny's hotrod? When you leave this world, did you
make it any better than it was when you arrived? All you need is all
you've got: your wits and the clothes on your back. Your epitaph is yours
to earn. Your legacy is yours to make."<br><br>- Author
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