IED0DXM%UCLAMVS.BITNET@WISCVM.ARPA (08/11/86)
Organization:
Got the new issue (Number 10) of Break-Through today.
IED will sound very cheap and sleazy for the following
criticism, since his last letter to Robyn (mentioning Love-Hounds)
is re-printed over two entire pages and is accompanied by his translation
of the French interview (you saw it in Love-Hounds first!),
but nonetheless he feels compelled to speak out in protest!
Robyn and Dale have, in their own words, decided "to fully embrace the
gospel of Jesus Christ," and want to know whether readers are ready
for Christian texts in future issues of Break-Through. This is a
realdrag. What peculiar sort of arrogance is it that makes newly
religious people seem to feel that it's appropriate to spread their
religiousness to others? What conceivable relevance could Robyn and
Dale's spiritual beliefs have for their readership, which is made up
of a wide variety of people whose only MUTUAL interest is Kate Bush?
This whole "Christ and Kate" business strikes IED as weird in the
extreme and slightly dirty, and he cannot express vividly enough how
greatly he deplores its invasion into Break-Through.
God help Kate.
It was bad enough when Robyn started filling pages with photos of dead
animals, but now we are in for who knows what kind of proselityzing.
Never before has there been needed so badly the famous phrase:
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND KATE!
Aside from this extremely ominous and noxious new development,
however, the latest issue of Break-Through is up to its usual
standard.ambar@whuxb.UUCP (08/13/86)
Organization: Date: Sat, 09 Aug 86 16:32 PDT From: IED0DXM%UCLAMVS.BITNET@WISCVM.ARPA Subject: AW, FERKATESAKE! Got the new issue (Number 10) of Break-Through today. IED will sound very cheap and sleazy for the following criticism, since his last letter to Robyn (mentioning Love-Hounds) is re-printed over two entire pages and is accompanied by his translation of the French interview (you saw it in Love-Hounds first!), but nonetheless he feels compelled to speak out in protest! Robyn and Dale have, in their own words, decided "to fully embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ," and want to know whether readers are ready for Christian texts in future issues of Break-Through. This is a realdrag. What peculiar sort of arrogance is it that makes newly religious people seem to feel that it's appropriate to spread their religiousness to others? I don't really understand why it's arrogance. Say that you have just been *HIT OVER THE HEAD* with good luck. You naturally enough, want to tell people, not necessarily to cause jealousy, but simply because it's a *good thing*. Suppose furthermore that it's not an exclusive sort of luck (like winning a million dollars), but something that can be shared with other people without depriving yourself (more like winning a money tree--something that's completely unlimited in its scope). Wouldn't you be some kind of a genuine creep to keep that to yourself--when telling other people would do them good, and you no harm? You may disagree that religion has these benefits--but please understand that from the point of view of the other person, talking about their new interest is the right thing to do. AMBAR