[Peace-discuss] RE: Peace-discuss Digest, Vol 20, Issue 40

[Phil Stinard]

Hello everyone,

I'm taking a lot of heat for what I wrote from "well-meaning WEFT 
supporters."  Okay, I'm being sarcastic!  They include veiled threats, such 
as:

"In all of the non-profit, free-donation projects that I've
been involved with, this would be considered an attempt at
extortion. I've seen people promptly put on a permanent
ignore list for even suggesting such a thing. People,
expecially those involved in projects like these, take great
offence that the implication that they can be bought in this
way. Be warned. Comments like these, even when true, only
serve to decrease influence and increase enemies."

No, I did not lift this out of George Orwell's 1984.  Anyway, if anyone can 
remind me again on why I should support WEFT when they can't even issue a 
simple apology for one of their disturbed members spamming the Peace-Discuss 
list, let me know!

--Phil


>Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 10:15:34 -0500
>From: "Phil Stinard" <pstinard at hotmail.com>
>Subject: [Peace-discuss] Re: [Wefta] Randall Cotton asks all charges
>	be made	public
>To: peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
>Cc: wefta at weftfm.org, mwoolf at prairienet.org, witzany at uiuc.edu,
>	DarkMatter at hypocrisy.org
>Message-ID: <BAY107-F224316D302C82E19659CE8C8910 at phx.gbl>
>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed
>
>Dear Linda,
>
>Thanks for bringing this to the attention of AWARE, "for what it's worth."
>Mr. Madden apparently is claiming that he is speaking on behalf of WEFT 
>when
>he states that "You [Randall] are so thoroughly loathed that even if you 
>are
>not recalled as a board member, you will not be permitted onto the premises
>at 113 N Market Street" and when he refers to "A.W.A.R.E peacemongers (btw,
>nice peace you're creating around here)."  If he is not speaking on behalf
>of WEFT, then I ask WEFT to issue a clarification and an apology.  If he is
>speaking on behalf of WEFT, then I would ask WEFT to remember that they 
>sent
>a group of board members to an AWARE meeting during their pledge drive
>earlier this year and took a collection, to which many AWARE members
>contributed.  Randall has spoken to AWARE in support of WEFT on many
>occasions, and he has shown no signs of the psychological problems
>attributed to him by Mr. Madden.  I have also been a paid member of WEFT 
>for
>the past two years.  If a formal apology for Mr. Madden's outburst is not
>forthcoming, I will not be contributing to WEFT in the future, and if WEFT
>sends people to AWARE meetings asking for money, I'll be sure to remind 
>them
>of the dog that bit the hand that fed them.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Phil Stinard
>WEFT Member (for now)
>
>
> >Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:04:38 -0700 (PDT)
> >From: Linda Evans <veganlinda at yahoo.com>
> >Subject: [Peace-discuss] Fwd: Re: [Wefta] Randall Cotton asks all
> >	charges be	made public
> >To: Peace Discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
> >Message-ID: <20050916010438.58638.qmail at web60714.mail.yahoo.com>
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
> >
> >Since this was addressed to AWARE, I thought some on
> >this list might want to see it...for what it is worth.
> >
> >Linda
> >--- DJM <DarkMatter at hypocrisy.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 15:40:19 -0700 (PDT)
> > > From: DJM <DarkMatter at hypocrisy.org>
> > > To: "WEFT  Aa" <wefta at weftfm.org>
> > > Subject: Re: [Wefta] Randall Cotton asks all charges
> > > be made public
> > >
> > > To: Randall Cotton, as well as any interested
> > > wefties and/or A.W.A.R.E peacemongers (btw, nice
> > > peace you're creating around here);
> > >
> > > I came to this process with an open mind, ok, an
> > > ignorant mind--didn't know nothin' 'bout none of it.
> > > In the beginning I was actually "for" you, whatever
> > > that means--heck, you've still got me on your
> > > special list of supposed supporters (gee, should
> > > those little notices be made public too?). However,
> > > with absolutely no help from anyone else, you have
> > > convinced me that you have some serious emotional
> > > dragons that you're trying to slay via WEFT as
> > > proxy. What else but emotional and mental
> > > dysfunction would compell a person to fight so hard
> > > to stay where so many don't want him. You are so
> > > thoroughly loathed that even if you are not recalled
> > > as a board member, you will not be permitted onto
> > > the premises at 113 N Market Street. All this
> > > crapola you're throwing around has turned from smoke
> > > screen to smoke signal, and it screams HELP ME!
> > > Randall, sincerely, how may we help? (and, please,
> > > get a clue, don't rehash all your weft-a clutter,
> > > spare yourself the embarassment and quit wasting the
> > > time of those who actually care about WEFT, and may
> > > even care about you. I do, or I wouldn't bother
> > > hangin' my ass out like this so your "supporters"
> > > can take bites out of it)
> > > What's keeping you from throwing your energy into
> > > helping Radio Free Urbana? Randall, just think of
> > > all that expertise you'd bring to the table, and you
> > > may even be welcome.  A.W.A.R.E. must need you too.
> > > Please, Randall, think about what you're doing. No,
> > > not about you and/or what you're saying--think about
> > > what you are doing. You can manage that without
> > > speaking out loud or typing, trust me.
> > > Kind Regards,
> > > David J Madden
> > >
> > > --- "Randall Cotton" <recotton at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > From: "Randall Cotton" <recotton at earthlink.net>
> > > Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 15:58:17 -0500
> > > To: <wefta at lists.chambana.net>
> > > Subject: [Wefta] Randall Cotton asks all charges be
> > > made public
> > >
> > > For the sake of fairness, I call for the immediate
> > > airing of all complaints
> > > and allegations against me so that they can be
> > > discussed, evaluated and
> > > perhaps proven or refuted prior to the recall vote
> > > on Sep. 20th.
> > >
> > > Rhonda and Euan have made some complaints and
> > > charges. Jason Greenly (the
> > > third person calling for my recall) hasn't spoken
> > > yet. David Witzany has
> > > suggested he may speak against me. I appeal to these
> > > folks and anyone else
> > > who may speak against me to reveal all allegations
> > > and complaints now.
> > >
> > > It would be grossly unfair to wait until the Sep.
> > > 20th meeting for this. In
> > > particular, I would not be able to prepare an
> > > adequate defense against
> > > charges sprung during the meeting. While those who
> > > accuse me would have
> > > unrestricted time and resources to prepare their
> > > case against me, I would
> > > only be limited to on-the-spot remarks within a
> > > short, timed verbal response
> > > under extreme emotional pressure without the benefit
> > > of witnesses, evidence
> > > or the time necessary to assemble these into an
> > > adequate rebuttal.
> > >
> > > In the spirit of due process and plain common-sense
> > > fairness, I deserve to
> > > know the complaints and allegations against me ahead
> > > of time.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > R
> > >
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