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In article <30guuo$s36@ncar.ucar.edu>,
Gary Strand <gary@titanic.cgd.ucar.edu> wrote:
>
>  I agree. PKers have not been the best guests, but they're no worse than any
>  of a number of other groups that have visited Boulder. Yes, they are large
>  in number, but then so are CU football crowds, which Boulder tolerates and
>  prepares for. A little more preparation and courtesy, by everyone, will go
>  a long way to making the PKer's visit a pleasant one.

Hold on a moment. What has "pleasant" got to do with it? McCartney and
many many of the PKers advocate passing laws which some would consider
to be oppressive, fascist and homophobic. There are many among the
religous right that advocate replacing democracy with a theocracy
based upon literal biblical interpretation.

If 50,000 people even slightly leaning in that direction decide to camp
out in ones town, then it seems *constitutional* and ethically
*defensible* to excercise ones rights to free expression. This isn't
an issue about *pleasantness*, it's about politics. The warm fuzzies
you may hear about are always expressed in the context of domination
and building a society that is based on *one* religous belief.

Sure, they have the right to meet and express their opinions. But 
their host community also has the right to do the same. There are
many people from gays and lesbians to indigenous americans and
many women who would suffer if PK "*values* were written into law.

BTW, I saw some bumper stickers that say "HERE TO PISS OFF THE
RELIGOUS RIGHT" down at Aria on Broadway (this is a politcal,
not commercial advertisement).

Also, please forgive me if I don't respond quickly to replies, the
lines here are often busy.


Regards,
Brian