[Vision2020] gossip and attacks

[lfalen]

Thanks for your class

Roger
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From: "keely emerinemix" kjajmix1 at msn.com
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 08:39:28 -0800
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] gossip and attacks

> 
> 
> Knowing that it won't matter much to those who take a lot of joy in anything 
> that involves pain or embarrassment to individual members of Christ Church, 
> I have to say that yesterday's post involving  a church email regarding Doug 
> Farris' anniversary trip absolutely crossed the line.  It was gossip, pure 
> and simple, designed to humiliate someone.  It made me sick.
> 
> I don't like Doug Farris and when he's behaved badly, I have called him on 
> it.  But J Ford's post yesterday was as full of vitriol as anything I've 
> seen lately, and I'm deeply sorry to Doug and his wife and family for the 
> embarrassment it caused them.  I didn't much care for Doug's response, but I 
> can understand his feeling the need to protect his family, even if by 
> lashing out at someone who hurt them.  This isn't what Vision 2020 is for;  
> it isn't what the English language ought to be for, and sure as hell isn't 
> how we ought to treat other people.
> 
> Yes, I'm known for going after the leadership of Christ Church -- because of 
> what they've done and said, and continue to do and say.  Their views and 
> actions have harmed the community and the witness of the Gospel on the 
> Palouse.  But these are issues of corporate behavior and public actions; 
> they deserve public comment.  Gossip, on the other hand, involves by 
> definition private behavior and is designed to present someone in a 
> less-than-flattering light.  It's wrong, and it shouldn't loccur without 
> reprimand.
> 
> I have learned a lot since my wreck about needing and asking for help.  I 
> don't like it, believe me.  But God bless the people in a congregation who 
> offer help when a need is presented -- whether I like the church, the people 
> offering, or the people who ask.  And I hope the Farris family has a 
> wonderful anniversary trip, with my congratulations.
> 
> keely
> 
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