[Vision2020] Re: What if

[Joan Opyr]

Who's afraid of Uranus, Carl?  Not me, not me, not me!

But enough of Beavis and Butt-head.  In all seriousness, I'd like to echo 
Mike Curley and say that there is no one in the greater Moscow area that I 
would hesitate to pull out of a snowy ditch, not even Doug Jones.  That's 
just simple neighborliness, and it's something I think most of us, no matter 
what our religious or political persuasion, value.

After 9-11, when Jerry Falwell went on Pat Robertson's show and blamed gay 
people, feminists, and the pro-choice movement for the attacks, there was 
outrage across the political spectrum.  Falwell's use of a national tragedy 
to further his own hateful agenda was unforgivable.  It's always okay to 
question, and it's always okay to suggest alternatives, but even our deepest 
divisions ought to be temporarily masked when any of our lives are 
endangered.

So, Carl, don't fret for the future of Moscow.  We're at a crossroads now.  
We have choices to make about the direction in which we want this community 
to go.  There have been crossroads in the past, intense disagreements, 
competing visions, and we've dealt with them.  The community is still here, 
and we're still pulling one another out of ditches.  It's true that I don't 
want to live in the Moscow that Doug Wilson and his followers envision, but, 
for my part, I don't envision a Moscow without them.

You know, there was a town in which everyone was always in perfect 
agreement.  I think it was called Stepford.

Yours truly,
Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment

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