Hey Mark, if you're a faith healer I have a couple of 2000s that I would
like to have you "lay hands on". I'd be more than willing to pay the
admission charge to come away with a healthy Roadster. Just let me know when
your tent will be in Pa!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Sedlack" <msedlack@neo.rr.com>
To: "Datsun Roadster Mailing List (E-mail)"
<datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2002 9:48 AM
Subject: WOT Bigotry, extremism, and a Roadster new religion
> Let me start off by saying that you can hit del if you want now - what
follows
> is way off topic but I wanted to chime in.
>
> In our free and enlighted country, each individual is free to choose their
own
> beliefs. If I choose to believe, for instance, that Mr. K is the Divine
> Incarnate and that all Miata Owners should be sacrificed for their affront
to
> the mind of God, hey, thats OK. If I convince a number of other people
that
> this is the true Faith and that they should tithe their wages and
Roadsters to
> me as the leader of the faith, bully for me.
>
> However, if I manage to convince some or all of them to act on those
beliefs,
> and suddenly thousands of Miata owners are killed because of my
programming of
> my followers, I should be caught, tried, and publicly executed.
> Would my actions reflect on other Datsun owners? Would the various ROC's
> suddenly find themselves deluged with hate mail? Would Roadsters left
parked
> be vandalized or destroyed? Absolutely.
>
> A few reminders from history - almost every religion, or faction thereof,
has
> been responsible for wholesale crime or murder:
>
> indulgences (ie. forgiveness from mortal sins) sold by the Catholic Church
to
> fill its coffers, untold legions slaughtered in the name of God during the
> Crusades, women and children burned alive because of fear and the belief
they
> were "witches" because they stepped outside the bounds of the popular
> religion, hundreds of thousands unbelievers maimed and tortured during the
> Spanish inquisition, Jews by the millions exterminated by a madman who
felt
> persecuted by them, untold deaths on the Gaza strip, thousands killed on
live
> television by Muslim extremists........
>
> Throughout history there are countless examples of deranged, deluded, or
> power hungry self-appointed leaders who have taken advantage and control
of
> the minds and hearts of the underpriveledged and undereducated, by playing
on
> the superstitions, fears, and doubt associated with the great unknown by
> offering them answers to life's biggest question.
>
> Its not the beliefs but the actions that are abhorrent. And the actions
of
> the few will always reflect on the whole - unfortunately its human nature.
>
> Keep the faith - enjoy the ride.
> And you can start sending your paychecks and Roadsters my way........
>
> Mark Sedlack
> OROC
> Cuyahoga Falls OH
> 66 1600
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