Subj : Fedora Core
To   : PRIME
From : ROB MCCART
Date : Sat Aug 13 2005 07:52 pm

PR>Well, the denomination of the church I was -- ok, may still be, but that's
  >another story -- working with is just a wee bit paranoid; they are afraid
  >their youth might start thinking for themselves and asking questions.

Ooooo... No..  That's never a good thing in religion...    B)

PR> I was intending for some mix of irony and sarcasm to blead through...

It's hemorrhaging all over the place...   B)

PR>In truth, I was hoping they would start to think for themselves.

And there are levels of censorship too. You can let things go
to a point before you step in to put out fires. People need a bit
of free rein and to hear other opinions before they can really
come up with a solid sustainable philosophy of their own.

PR>I knew I could sell the Power that Be on the idea of an online environment
  >that could put them in absolute controll of the content, but I also
  >knew that not a single one of them is techy enough to ever make it
  >past new account setup -- if that far. So, I was expecting very little
  >in the way of input from "them." :-)

Snapping at the heels of free speech there..  another thing the
organised church usually isn't big on..   B)

I have had a couple of fellow computer repair tech friends over the
years that worked on the systems for local churches or convents
and my impression, through some of their 'discoveries', is that
a lot of the church 'elite' could use a few Hail Mary's themselves
before they start casting stones...

This isn't intended to be a blanket condemnation, just more
a comment that these people are all human, regardless of what
they seem to think. And whenever humans are involved there are
human weaknesses that show up from time to time. This can be
more problematic in an institution which STRONGLY discourages
disagreeing with or criticizing anyone higher up the food chain..
(Short of God, of course..)    B)

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