[Vision2020] vision 2020 proposal

[Matt Decker]

Ted,

Debbie didn't ask for others to get off the list, but rather to take one 
opinion( CC monopolized church topic) and start their own blog, or use ones 
that excist. J and others are entitled to their opinions. Just as it is all 
of ours to ask them to talk about something else.

Matt


>From: "Ted Moffett" <starbliss at gmail.com>
>To: "Matt Decker" <mattd2107 at hotmail.com>
>CC: deco at moscow.com, vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] vision 2020 proposal
>Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 22:34:52 -0800
>
>Hi Matt-
>
>One person's agenda driven bias is another person's holy moral cause...
>
>Debbie can express her wish that others create their own separate forum for
>Christ Church related discussion... After all, her rights to free speech 
>are
>the same as those who obsess (according to some) on Christ Church on
>Vision2020.
>
>But telling others to get off the list because she does not like the 
>subject
>they wish to discuss might have a chilling effect on the openness of the
>list...
>
>That's basically what I meant...
>
>Occasional sports posts have peppered Vision2020 for years... The Mariners
>seem a popular topic, though what do they have to do with local Moscow
>issues?
>
>I agree though that discussion of sports teams in other areas of the USA (U
>of I and MSD sports appear a valid local topic) should not dominate
>Vision2020.  Gonzaga basketball might be an exception, given how close they
>are to Moscow...And I happen to be a basketball fan... My pet holy moral
>cause!
>
>Ted Moffett
>
>
>On 2/22/07, Matt Decker <mattd2107 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>Ted,
>>
>>I would agree that a unmoderated list is the only way to go.
>>
>>Debbie is not asking for that, and neither am I. What we need is educated
>>and thoughtful topics, not agenda driven bias, which has controlled the
>>blog
>>for some time now. She respectfully asked to take Js' and Waynes' oponion
>>somewhere else. Along with anything that controlls the blog. They is so
>>much
>>more we can talk about, instead its an obsession with some.
>>
>>I too could talk about topics for hours, such as the Bears dominance for
>>the
>>next 20 years. How they have more hall of famers and had the best team
>>ever(85 Bears). That will lead to little though. It would take away from
>>the
>>potential this forum has. I respectfully decline to do so, along with
>>trying
>>to limit my posts to 3 times a day.
>>
>>Matt
>>
>>
>> >From: "Ted Moffett" <starbliss at gmail.com>
>> >To: "Art Deco" <deco at moscow.com>
>> >CC: Vision 2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>> >Subject: Re: [Vision2020] vision 2020 proposal
>> >Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:10:59 -0800
>> >
>> >Wayne et. al.
>> >
>> >I disagree with much of the content on Vision2020, even some of Wayne's
>> >posts, but I agree with him totally on the value of an unmoderated forum
>> >such as this; and that for those who don't value discussions about
>>religion
>> >or Christ Church, they can ignore or delete those posts.
>> >
>> >I usually do not find ignoring subjects I have no interest in or find
>> >objectionable a problem when I read or participate on Vision2020.
>> >
>> >Debbie's complaints no doubt express the views of many regarding the
>> >dominance of Christ Church issues that sometimes can be found on this
>>list
>> >serve.  But many others think that these discussions are important 
>>Moscow
>> >issues, as Wayne argues, which should be an important focus of 
>>discussion
>> >for very good reasons.
>> >
>> >Why should Debbie's slant on the proper subject content for Vision2020
>> >control the list?  Some people have trouble with freedom of speech, it
>> >appears.
>> >
>> >Ted Moffett
>> >
>> >

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