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the_ignored
SFN Addict
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 Posted - 12/30/2008 : 20:33:53
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Some guy objected to the nativity display on his town's library and now it looks like they're going after him.
Tyson e-mailed me after learning of my previous post. Here is what he had to say:
I am the Elwood Public Library patron who complained about the nativity scene. I need help here #8211; these people do not think the law applies to them. Please share this information with your readers. There is now a witch hunt against me, and I am seriously fearful of someone hurting me and my family. Please take a look at this link: http://www.elwoodindiana.org/elwood-library-nativity-display If you notice the signing of the name, this is a library employee that started this. If you read the comments, you will see what I am dealing with here. This is the PG version of what people are saying about me. There are other sites that people are posting to that you must have a membership to view, which are definitely rated R.
The remarkable thing about this lengthy and publicly available thread of opinions is that it was started by an employee of the library! Just imagine that for a second. You encounter something which you suspect may be a violation of the law, and you bring it to the attention of someone in authority at the institution. Then you discover that you have been rudely insulted in a public forum by an employee of the institution. |
Crap, you have to be registered to see the link the guy provides in his letter.
PZ Myers has also picked up on this.
EDIT: Here's a thread, stored in google cache that the Atheist Revolution person had linked to:
http colon //74.125.45.132/search?q=cache%3Awww.elwoodindiana.org%2Felwood-library-nativity-display&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
(just copy and paste the whole thing into your browser window, replacing the "http colon" with "http://" etc. and it'll get you there. Or, just click on the link the atheist revolution blogger gives!
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>From: enuffenuff@fastmail.fm
(excerpt follows):
> I'm looking to teach these two bastards a lesson they'll never forget.
> Personal visit by mates of mine. No violence, just a wee little chat.
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> **** has also committed more crimes than you can count with his
> incitement of hatred against a religion. That law came in about 2007
> much to ****'s ignorance. That is fact and his writing will become well
> know as well as him becoming a publicly known icon of hatred.
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> Good luck with that fuckwit. And Reynold, fucking run, and don't stop.
> Disappear would be best as it was you who dared to attack me on my
> illness knowing nothing of the cause. You disgust me and you are top of
> the list boy. Again, no violence. Just regular reminders of who's there
> and visits to see you are behaving. Nothing scary in reality. But I'd
> still disappear if I was you.
What brought that on? this. Original posting here.
Another example of this guy's lunacy here. |
Edited by - the_ignored on 12/31/2008 03:10:17
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 12/31/2008 : 02:11:59 [Permalink]
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Far worse than the hickville bigotry of a sectarian religious display in a public building, Nancy Sumner, a public employee, is now stirring up a mob scene that is extremely dangerous.
I'd say the first thing to do is ask a friendly attorney to recommend a reliable armed private security firm to protect Tyson and his family, day and night. Money needs to come from Americans United, Freedom from Religion, or somebody, fast. I'd be happy to donate to any such fund. Were he closer to where I live, I'd be there to offer my meager protection, sitting on his roof at night with a camera and cell phone at the very least.
Second, this man needs legal representation. This thing could easily get very violent in a flash, as can be read between the lines of a lopsided Chicago Tribune article:After learning of the complaint, about 30 people rallied Monday outside the library about 40 miles north of Indianapolis in support of the display, said Becky Capps, who attends Joy Christian Church in Elwood.
Scott told The Herald Bulletin of Anderson that more than 90 area residents also signed a note of support for the Nativity scene.
After speaking with a lawyer about the complaint, she decided to keep the scene of the baby Jesus on display until Friday – the day after Christmas, as has been the custom.
Scott said this was the first time anyone had taken issue with the display in the city of about 9,000 people.
Although the Nativity is a symbol of Christianity, she insists that scene is not intended as an endorsement of the religion.
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Pastor James Stout of Joy Christian Church said he believed Christianity and American values were one in the same.
“This is a Christian country that was founded on Christian principles,” he said.
[My emphasis.]
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We have to help Tyson, and stop the people of Elwood from beginning a violent reign of terror.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
| Edited by - HalfMooner on 12/31/2008 02:29:38 |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
 Posted - 12/31/2008 : 04:46:30 [Permalink]
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Would that this behavior were not typical amongst many superstitions -- "Believe as I do or I'll hate you and find a way to make you suffer," just as the religious texts, notably the collective Abrahamic drivel (Bible, Quran Torah), instruct. Looking at it historically, one comes of the opinion that creating fear is the only way that this vicious nonsense can survive. Thus it has always been.
For those such as myself, who'd rather piss blood than register with any news site, BugMeNot will solve the password problem.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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Xians going after library patron?
