lab@qubix.UUCP (Q-Bick) (03/17/84)
* METEOROLOGICAL ALERT: Severe Ice Storm heading in from California! * Who does Andy Tannenbaum think he is, trying to raise support for his new-found pet organization?!? If someone were to post a "plea for finan- cial support for a non-profit organization" headed by Jerry Falwell, the flames generated would make the Towering Inferno look like a safety match! > This message contains a plea for financial support for a non-profit > organization. Read no further if you are upset by such things. Note the simple, casual intro. Maybe for the March of Dimes? > I'm disgusted by the efforts of right wing groups trying to force their > morals on us. Prayer in the schools, censorship, and other invasions > on our privacy and freedom are banging on our doors and windows. And I'm disgusted by the efforts of groups (whose ideologies shall remain unnamed) trying to force their morals on us. Worship of the great gods Man, Money, and Temporary Pleasures being thrust on us everywhere, indoctrinating children by forcing them to read books that contain obscene language or that convey low moral standards as being acceptable, being forced to allow perverted behavior under the pretense of "civil liberty" and essentially forcing me to keep *my* religion to myself, taking kids away from parents under the pretense of "social welfare" -- I'm doing my best to keep my doors and windows intact. > This past week I saw Demond Wilson (formerly Red Foxx's sidekick on the > TV show "Sanford and Son") talking with Ted Koppel on the TV news. Mr. > Wilson said that he wanted to see the US become a Christian state. > There were all these other pop stars and politicians saying the same > kind of thing. I could not believe I was seeing this happen in America. I could not believe that the land of the free and the home of the brave would turn itself into a breeding-ground for the destruction of man from the inside. Stay tuned after the evening news and see people cheat on their spouses, show complete disrepect for authority, and find excuses to justify just about anything. > One organization that fights against this sort of stuff is called "People > for the American Way." It was started by TV producer Norman Lear, and it > fights for freedom for all, and against the forces of censorship. One organization that fights against this sort of stuff is called "Moral Majority." It was started by Rev. Jerry Falwell, and it fights for decency and respect for all, to show the real meaning of freedom, and against those who twist "freedom of speech" and "freedom of religion" into saturation by their views and censorship of opposing views. > I get periodic mailings from PfAW, and they talk about what progress > they've made in fighting censorship, producing documentaries, and > such. Most of the material is factual and I find it interesting. > Sometimes their pleas for money seem a bit brash, but they are fighting > a tough fight, so I can excuse that. I don't get periodic mailings from MM (but Andy's article may prompt me to start). I have seen a couple of their reports, and they talk about what progress they've made in fighting state intrusions, getting the hidden facts to the public, and such. The material is factual; most of it is available from public sources, but is generally not published in the news media. Some people don't like MM's pleas for money, but the battle is tough when the opposition occupies nearly all the media and has companies *paying them* to produce TV shows to further saturate people with their value system (besides the preaching inherent in the commercials themselves). I don't have Moral Majority's address with me (I should be able to get this weekend), but you may also get it by sending a post card to Jerry Falwell Lynchburg, VA 24514 and asking for it. Contributions to MM are not tax-deductible. -- The Ice Floe of the Q-Bick {ucbvax,ihnp4}!{decwrl,amd70}!qubix!lab decwrl!qubix!lab@Berkeley.ARPA
mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor) (03/20/84)
I knew qubix!lab was weird, but never before realized he was as perverted as his note suggests: >One organization that fights against this sort of stuff is called "Moral >Majority." It was started by Rev. Jerry Falwell, and it fights for >decency and respect for all, to show the real meaning of freedom, and >against those who twist "freedom of speech" and "freedom of religion" >into saturation by their views and censorship of opposing views. If there was ever a worse perversion of the truth since the days of Dr. Goebbels, it doesn't readily come to mind. The "Moral Majority" has learned its lesson well from the brown-shirted masters, and its followers beat the same unthinking drum as they march us all to their inferno. Germany, too, had complete freedom of speech, so long as the speech praised Hitler. They had freedom of religion, so long as it was not Jewish or anything else subhuman. Proper Christian prayers for the Fatherland were quite acceptable, thank you. Is that what "freedom of speech" and "freedom of religion" are to mean once more? -- Martin Taylor {allegra,linus,ihnp4,uw-beaver,floyd,ubc-vision}!utzoo!dciem!mmt
ignatz@ihuxx.UUCP (Dave Ihnat, Chicago, IL) (03/21/84)
AHAH! FINALLY...An Admitted Falwellite!! And exhibiting the typical narrow-mindedness of a true Falwellian disciple. What you have just defended is the right to prevent your children--at any school age, by the tone of your response--from encountering ANYTHING that counters your dearly-held beliefs, so that he or she can grow up and engender still more narrow-minded bigots. When something doesn't agree with your beliefs, it's obscene. Not only that, but by labelling it obscene, you feel free to thereby try to restrict other's children--and, in fact, other adults, when you pressure public libraries--from access to it. Whatever it may be. It never occurs to you to foster an intelligent being who can rationally evaluate both the universe around him/her, and the beliefs that are taught. If your beliefs are so wholesome and proper, they would be universally accepted. THEY'RE NOT! The Falwell-type of Christianity has brought about atrocities, book-burnings, hangings, and hypocrisy throughout history. I will NOT let it happen again, if there's ANYTHING I can do to prevent it. I don't flame often. And I can't remember flaming before in this manner on the net; and not keeping it in only in net.flame. But this time, I am personally threatened by these people. I grew up in a hypocrisy-ridden small town, where I saw the local church perform its duties as a social club, not a temple of faith. (Want the town and sect? Mail only.) I've since met people who truly live up to what a Christian should be--and now really know why the other kind both sickens and terrifies me. They're so insecure in their 'beliefs' that they will turn to force of law--and physical force, if they can get away with it--to guarantee that there will be nothing to conflict with their view of the world which could possibly shake its rotten foundations. What am I? None of your business, buster. I've made my peace with my God, whatever I perceive that over-used word to signify; and so far, in this country, that's still legal. Expressing my views, Dave Ihnat ihuxx!ignatz
piet@mcvax.UUCP (Piet Beertema) (03/22/84)
>One organization that fights against this sort of stuff is called >"Moral Majority." It was started by Rev. Jerry Falwell, and it fights >for decency etc. etc. All this "Majority" (???) stands for is imposing their "Christian" ideas and habits on other people. The result? The term "Ayatollah Falwell" would describe that very well. -- Piet Beertema CWI (Center for Math. & Comp. Science), Amsterdam ...{decvax,philabs}!mcvax!piet