Re: The fruits of censorship
Michael P. Hughes (michael@mail.advertisnet.com)
Fri, 2 May 1997 09:12:48 +0000
> I hate to be party pooper but I warned John Hamilton that if he
> didn't tell you what my response was to the complaints concerning his
> signature on Challenge, that I would. I did not find his signature
> offensive. Here is my entire post to the subscribers on my list.
>
> Priority: Normal
> To: jmcdonald@mail.potosi.k12.mo.us
> From: "Jerry McDonald" <jerry@cwent.com>
> Subject: Fw: To All Subscribers
> Date sent: Thu, 01 May 97 13:20:41 PDT
>
>
>
> ----------
> > Date: Wednesday, April 30, 1997 20:38:09
> > From: jerry
> > To: April Dorsey-Tyler; Bill Carrell; Bill Scott; Bob Bauer;
> > Castonguay, Gregory; D.B. Willis; Daniel J. Wolfram; David Adkins;
> > Eric B. Hedden;
> Farrell
> > Till; Fred D. Whitelaw; Izz; John Anderson; John F. Gaines; John
> > Hamilton; John Romo; L. Davis; Lenny Santee; Mark T. McWhorter;
> > Michael Fisher;
> Michael
> > P. Huges; Mike Faust; Paul J Ditoro; Richard Fentiman; Steve Willis
> > Subject: To All Subscribers
> >
> > Farrell has a good point on your postings. Take the time to put
> > your name above what you are writing and also double space between
> > what you have written and the post you are responding too. That
> > will make it easier for every one to understand what you are
> > discussing and who is saying what. Thank you Farrell for the
> > suggestion.
> >
> > Also, there has been some complaint about something that John
> > Hamilton
> says
> > at the end of every post. John has the poem on every post
> > regardless of whether he is on "errancy" or "challenge", this isn't
> > something that he
> has
> > in their to irritate the Christians on this list. I assure you that
> > I
> have
> > seen it many times on "errancy." The other thing he has on is a
> > quotation of Ezekiel 23:20. One might not like the translation, but
> > it is scripture and that is something we cannot complain about. I
> > will work hard to keep gutter language off of this list and have
> > found none so far. I didn't respond earlier because I was in a
> > hurry to do some work down at the
> church
> > building. I have not found anything offensive in John's signature
> > other than the fact that some might not like the translation that he
> > uses; I am not sure which one it is. Why does he have it in his
> > signature, I am not sure, but it is certainly nothing that we should
> > be complaining about. We need to get on with the discussions rather
> > than complain about things like this. Let's forget it and proceed
> > on.
> >
> > In Christ's Service,
> > Jerry D. McDonald
> > jerry@cwent.com
> > http://www.cwent.com/~jerry/index.html
>
> Who am I censoring now? hum???
>
>
>
> In His Service,
> Jerry D. McDonald
> http://www.cwent.com/~jerry/index.html
> jmcdonald@mail.potosi.k12.mo.us
> jerry@cwent.com
>
This is indeed the post that Jerry sent to the list concerning L.
Davis' complaint. I deleted my copy, but I did indeed read it. I
was accused by one member of *this* list of liar (indeed of being
so ignorant that I didn't know that I was lieing). I believe John
that *you* are well aware of the disinformation that you are
attempting to disseminate concerning your so called censorship. L.
Davis complained that *HE* found your sig offensive requesting you
not post it. *JERRY* wrote back that not only was there nothing
offensive about, but effectively let it be known that you did have
the right to post it. You should take up L. Davis' objections with
him privately if it concerns you that much and quit shouting
"censorship" when none occurred.
Michael P. Hughes
http://www.odd.net/ozarks/churches/cchrist/camdenton/index.htm