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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I would call a confederate flag placed in a display about a confederate soldier with ties to Latah County A Celebratory Nod to Racism. Help me to understand how one nuances slavery, Paul. If you are under the impression that tolerance of the intolerable is a badge of liberal honor, then I assume you understand completely why I despise and mock the latte sipping liberals that are so thick on the ground in Latah County. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Rose<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul Rumelhart<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 13, 2012 11:35 AM<br><b>To:</b> Joe Campbell<br><b>Cc:</b> viz<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] Welcome to Confederate Latah County . . .<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>Would you call placing a confederate flag in a cabinet housing an historical display about a confederate soldier that has a tie to Latah County in the Latah County Courthouse indefensible?<br><br>Because I wouldn't.<br><br>Also, the one-dimensional liberal / conservative axis is failing us here. We need more nuance in American politics than that.<br><br>Paul<br><br>On 07/13/2012 09:47 AM, Joe Campbell wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>I think it is best to avoid defending the indefensible, anything to do with slavery in particular. There are A LOT of better uses for your words and your motivations will always be questioned -- no matter how many times you call yourself a liberal.<br><br>Joe<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Jul 13, 2012, at 9:33 AM, Paul Rumelhart <<a href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com">godshatter@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>You have to walk on eggshells around here, lest your honest opinion be mistaken as an attack on all things liberal. Which is ironic because I consider myself to be a liberal (at least on some issues). And I hate walking on eggshells.<br><br>Paul<br><br>On 07/13/2012 12:25 AM, Scott Dredge wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Wow! - welcome back to the V Paul. You're a much better man than I am! [note to myself: never share a painful personal experience trying to make a perfectly valid point on the V lest you be savagely crucified by 'holier than thou' Tom and Donovan)<br><br><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=19 height=19 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CD60ED.575F2020" alt="Image removed by sender. Sad
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smile"></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center id=stopSpelling></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:13:51 -0700<br>From: <a href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com">godshatter@yahoo.com</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a><br>CC: <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Welcome to Confederate Latah County . . .<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>At the risk of sending everyone into an apoplectic rage by suggesting that they may be over-reacting, exactly what is the purpose of that display? Is it, perhaps, to display information on a historical time, event, or person connected to the Civil War? If so, then having a confederate flag in the display might make sense. Also, trying to imply that the US and State flags are unimportant because they placed a table in front of them with a box on it seems a bit of a stretch.<br><br>Paul<br><br>On 07/12/2012 01:17 PM, Tom Hansen wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>Seeya round town, Moscow.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Tom Hansen<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Moscow, Idaho<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>"If not us, who?<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>If not now, when?"<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>- Unknown<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>=======================================================<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> List services made available by First Step Internet,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> <a href="http://www.fsr.net" target="_blank">http://www.fsr.net</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre> <a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>=======================================================<o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br>======================================================= List services made available by First Step Internet, serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <a href="http://www.fsr.net">http://www.fsr.net</a> <a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a> =======================================================<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>=======================================================<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">http://www.fsr.net</a><br> <a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>=======================================================<o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>