I am afraid that I did not speak clearly in my response to the
political post. I wanted to say two things:
1) Most importantly, I do not want to discuss politics with the CoWs
over email. I spend too much of my professional life dealing with
politics. In this space and with this group of people, I simply want
to ride and learn more about cycling. I reserve professional and
parts of my public life for political discourse. If people want to
discuss politics, I suggest they start a blog.
2) I objected to the nature of the forwarded message, not the
political position. I did not intend to take a position for again gun
control. While I passionately hold many political ideas that I like
to vigorously and rationally discuss, I do not currently have an
opinion on gun control. The nature of the post offended me. In my
opinion, it was not informative, logical, deliberate or helpful to the
gun control discussion. It simply expressed one persons unprocessed
fears, and attempted to spread that fear through misinformation. We
need more reasoned discourse in our nation, and I encourage all
parties to engage in a robust conversation rooted in commitment to
country, reason, and respect for the opinions of others. Regardless
of what the current political landscape may suggest, we are all in
this together, republicans and democrats, liberals and conservative,
gun toters and tree hugging pacifists.
I hope my position is a little clearer.
By the way, the Tour of Italy started today.
Thanks,
Joshua
Rev. Joshua M.K. Goocey
Senior Minister
First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
207 Tarboro St. N.
Wilson, NC 27896
[email protected]
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act
rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those
because we have acted rightly.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a
habit. Will Durant, The Story of Philosophy
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