Will and Bj, I am relieved that this has reached an understanding since I feel some responsibility as it arose from my request. A point which I must ask Will.
Are you saying thesse are serious views on this site and not, as I read it, biting satire on the views of some sects? If they are seriously held beliefs then they border on madness; and I'm not sure which side of that border. If that is so I do understand your reaction and cannot fault it. Joseph From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi all, > > I just wanted to share with you BJ's letter and my response. I do > appreciate him taking the time to personally write me. First is his > letter and then mine: > > ----- BJ: ----- > > Hi Will, > > I don't want to argue this or upset you further, just apologize > sincerely that the Landoverbaptist site upset you so much. In my > defense I'd like to say I didn't write it, don't approve of all of its > content, and I can't help it that that site and much much worse is out > there on the Web. I think their parody page of the Amazon site was a > valid example of its type to mention in the context of what Joseph was > doing, as it really is a very complete and accurate parody of their > books page, but maybe instead of saying the "easily offended" shouldn't > look at the rest of the site I should have said "even the hard to > offend" because as you point out, it does contain all kinds of dreadful, > insulting and possibly illegal attacks on black people, Jews, Arabs, > Roman Catholics and in fact anyone not a paid up member of their > imaginary church, and must be very offensive to any real Southern > Baptist who is trying hard to simply be a good Churchgoer. Satire can > sometimes be very cruel and the Landover site probably goes way too far > in that direction and takes a few too many liberties to make a point. > > So as I said I am not going to argue the case for them, and you can be > assured that I would not post a link to a site like that on WDVL just to > encourage people to go and visit it to be amused or shocked by the > content. But we discuss Web design on WDVL, not issues of personal > belief, and it is a valid example (in the context I raised it) of > actually very good Web design and construction. It's also relevant to > note that that particular page has been online for many weeks to my > knowledge and has not yet been pulled, and since I am sure Amazon must > be aware of it, this might be an indication Joseph is OK with his own > parody. > > Hope you can get past your displeasure with the content of the Landover > site, maybe take it out on them not me? > > Sincerely > Bj > > > ----- My reply: ----- > > BJ, > > I appreciate your apology. I understand that when you gave it as an > example, you were not giving blanket approval of all its content or even > the content of the page. You were only presenting its design before the > list and even that was with objectivity. So, I do understand. > > To clarify, the greatest offense of that site is its blatant racial > slurs. I can handle the anti-Christian jokes, I'm used to that. > However the content is particularly cruel with both religious and > social/racial jokes. My mom used to say, "It takes both parties to > laugh to make it funny." > > Even though the only attraction to the site was design, not content, I > feel promoting the site design is synonymous with promoting a porn site > or something else along that line that would most likely cause great > offense to some. I hope I am able to bring some illumination to my > feelings. > > I hope this does not affect our working relationship. This is nothing > against you personally. In fact, I appreciate the asset you are to this > list. This was a learning experience for both of us, I feel. > > Thank you, > Will Stewart > > > ____ . The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM . ____ > To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: > http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub > > ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ > > You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
