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From: dbrown@watarts.UUCP (Dave Brown)
Newsgroups: net.religion,net.religion.christian,net.flame
Subject: Re: (Bravo Rich!) Silence is Golden?!!? And a flaming GOODBYE!!!
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Date: Mon, 25-Mar-85 16:30:58 EST
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> In article <1291@shark.UUCP> hutch@shark.UUCP (Stephen Hutchison) writes:
> >(Rich .. Isn't it a bit hypocritical to get furiously angry when someone
> > reads things into your writings which aren't there, then to turn around
> > and globally condemn us for our agreement with something we may not even
> > know about? )
> >
> >Hutch
> 
> I'm sure that the maxim "silence implies consent" is the reason that many
> of us non-Christians get upset over not seeing responces to racist/sexist/
> homophobic trash by mainstream Christians.  Although you may not have seen
> the article, there are other Christians out there.
> -- 
> Richard A. Brower

Tell me something. You seem to believe that the silence idea is holding in
all such situations. I have not seen Black's writing, but from what you 
have told me, it is pretty bad. So, with my limited knowledge, I condemn
what I have read. But,***haven't you ever heard the turn the other cheek
parable? Why give such prominance to such drival. Rich Rosen did it in order to bait Christians. It is one of his favourite pasttimes by the volume of his stuff he posts. BUT, I, along with most people just disregard all of such trash. 

Now for my flame:


TO RICH ROSEN, KEN ARNDT AND OTHER SUCH NET LOVERS:

JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T ANSWER YOU IN THE NET DOES NOT MEAN WE DON'T

HAVE AN ANSWER. THE NET IS ONLY ONE SMALL PLACE, RATHER INSIGNIFICANT

WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE. WHO CARES WHAT RICH ROSEN ET. ALL SPROUT

OFF, AND WHO CARES WHAT BLACK POURS FORTH. I CARE ABOUT WHETHER PEOPLE

LIVE AND DIE AND ENJOY THEIR LIVES. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE PEOPLE FEAD

WITH THE AMOUNT OF PHYSICAL, MECHANICAL, AND INTELLECTUAL ENERGY WE USE

ON THIS NET.

IN FACT, THIS WHOLE DISCUSSION IS NOT WORTH THE MONEY SPENT ON THE PHONE 

BILL.

THIS MAY SOUND RATHER PREACHY, BUT QUITE FRANKLY, I'M RATHER GLAD I

AM LEAVING THIS NET, BECAUSE ALTHOUGH I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU,

AS THE CHRISTIAN THAT I AM, YOU ALL, AND LET ME REPEAT THAT, ALL,

IN SUCH POLITICAL AND INTELLECTUAL NETS, ARE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME

DISCUSSING THINGS WHILE PEOPLE ARE REALLY HURTING OUT THERE. GO AHEAD,

FLAME ME OR SEND ME VICOUS MAIL. I WILL IGNORE IT AND DO BETTER AND MORE

IMPORTANT THINGS.

SO for the final time ever on this net:


Sincerely yours,

			DAVE BROWN