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Blaine wrote:
> Let's face it, SPs were not popular even
> among those opposed to the Plaza.
Do you mean, "even among those opposed
to the PRIVATIZATION of the Plaza"?
I'm only asking you to consider the
ultimate WHY concerning the objection to Street Preachers. There are
many reasons that people state that sound legitimate, but the true reasons are
often under the surface. From my perspective, the motivation of those
who supported privatizing the Plaza was power / control and money. The
motivation of the street preachers was none of these things. They paid out
of their own pocket to be there. Nobody paid them a cent. I discern
no desire on their part to control others. As far as I can tell,
their only motivation was to have their message heard. That could
have been resolved in a less expensive way by inviting the Street Preachers
to come indoors in a more orderly forum and deliver their message. There
were many others ways to resolve this matter, and the costly solution
arrived at is still not an ultimate solution.
Peace be with you.
David
Miller.
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Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 8:35
PM
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Mormonism &
Freemasonry
Blainerb: You may have a point there, David--the value of the
property being offered to the city by the LDS Church was no small amount
(but it is conjectural only). Rocky gave his reasons, which
appeared in print and on TV several times, and included were his personal
experiences watching SPs on the Plaza--he also expressed fears that such would
get worse, not better. His interest was mainly in bringing the divergent
groups in the city together in a compromise situation, and the fact that the
LDS Church sweetened that situation was only part of the deal. He
maintained that the bottom line was the behavior of the SPs--he
was clearly afraid of that sort of thing creating more divisiveness,
which, more than anything,would pose a threat to his continuance as Mayor
of the city--so, it had political overtones, I guess you might say, as
well. Let's face it, SPs were not popular even among those opposed
to the Plaza.
In a message dated 1/8/2006 6:02:24 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Blaine, if money were
not involved, don't you think the outcome would have
been a bit
different? Follow the money, Blaine. The love of money is the
root of all evil. The Mormons supplied the money. The city
leaders took
it. Think about it.
Peace be with
you.
David Miller.
----- Original Message -----
From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org
Sent: Sunday,
January 08, 2006 7:48 PM
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Mormonism &
Freemasonry
In a message dated 1/8/2006 8:30:42 A.M. Mountain
Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hey Judy, I've got a
question for you: When Street Preachers point their
fingers at Blaine
and say 'Repent or you're going to hell!" is that
righteous?
Blainerb: Answer, but from Blaine, not Judy:
NO!! :>) Street Preachers
do more harm than good--that is
the consensus of opinion, at least among the
more righteous preachers
of traditional Christianity. Even Rocky Anderson,
Salt Lake
City Mayor, a former ACLU Attorney, was turned off by the insolent
behavior of the street preachers. He finally sided with the LDS
Church on
the Plaza issue, mainly because of the
SPs.
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