Klarinet Archive - Posting 000336.txt from 2002/07

From: "Ed Maurey" <edsshop@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mr. Jackson's posting of religious messages
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 14:57:34 -0400

I am a devout atheist and regard all religions as monumental con jobs based
on hearsay. I have observed that here is no significant difference in moral
and ethical behavior between folks who got religion and folks who don't.
You might say religion has failed life's placebo test.

Religion is very irrelevant to our clarinet group.

Tag lines are silly, too.

The Abnormally Reverend Ed Maurey
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"There is no such thing as a dry fart!"......My family doctor.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Leeson" <leeson0@-----.net>
Subject: [kl] Mr. Jackson's posting of religious messages

> "Pastor Luby D. Jackson III" wrote:
>
> "God loves you just as you are but loves you enough to not leave you
> like you are!"
>
> Mr. Jackson continuously posts religious messages on this list, often as
> the final sentence of his postings about the clarinet. In the case of
> the quoted material, it was his only contribution. There was no
> clarinet content at all. Therefore, I perceive Mr. Jackson as foisting
> his religious messages on a group, some of whom find those messages
> inappropriate.
>
> I wrote Mr. Jackson privately so as not to cause him public
> embarassment, saying that there are those on this list who find
> religious messages of any kind offensive. While I respect Mr. Jackson's
> right to believe as he wishes, I asked him politely to stop giving
> klarinet the benefit of his religious expressions. He did not respond
> to me and, if this message conveys the meaning that I am giving it,
> apparently he has chosen not to do stop activity that is offensive to me
> and, perhaps, some other members.
>
> Therefore, the matter now gets public. And I am asking the moderator to
> inquire of Mr. Jackson why he feels it necessary to present unwanted
> material that is unrelated to the purpose of this list on it. In the
> past when people of similar interests posted such messages, I left the
> list and did not return until that person left the list or those
> messages stopped. I got that question answered by getting back on the
> list, checking for a few days, and then getting off if those messages
> were still present. It is no big deal if I leave because I don't
> contribute much in any case. But I won't stay on a list where people of
> such single mindedness insist on presenting me and others with unwanted
> religious messages.
>
> The matter is now in the moderator's hands. And if there is no change
> in Mr. Jackson's behavior, I will bid you a fond farewell until he gets
> off the list.
>
> Dan
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