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Date: 07 Nov 2000 00:00:00 GMT
Subject: Re: In response to an attack
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Subject: Re: In response to an attack
>From: eballard@sas.upenn.edu (E. C. Ballard)
>Date: 11/5/00 11:16 PM EST
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>Thank you Amanda for your kind words. In point of fact, as those who know
>me are aware, my involvement with spiritual issues and African forms of
>spirituality long preceeded my return to academics even if my initiation
>into the Congo traditions finally took place after I had returned to
>university studies.
Figures...
The intersection of these two areas of my life was in
>fact the reason for my return to school. I felt a need to integrate
>various aspects of my life more completely and higher education provided a
>means of doing so.
Right.
>To clarify several issues, Mr. Thomas (Grisso) repeatedly has misquoted
>me.
And I say that's a lie. Why don't you quote the alleged misquotes so we all can
see.
Whether this is through confusion on his part or deceit, I will not
>offer an opinion.
As it is neither, I can see why.
There has already been far too many judgements made
>without access to the facts.
On the contrary, the relevant facts are there for all to see. They are your own
statements. It is your own statements that impeach you.
>I do not need to contribute to that.
>
>I will state for the record that my beliefs fuel my studies. The religious
>traditions I follow and examine have never been simply fuel to advance a
>career. As for the issue of racism, those who know me personally know this
>is not accurate.
Again, it is your own statements that impeach you.
>I appologize to everyone in the group, both posters and lurkers for this
>unfortunate sidetrack. It has already wasted too much bandwidth. All this
>really isn't that interesting and it ultimately serves no worthwhile
>purpose.
On the contrary, it is highly interesting to find an initiated priest of ATR, a
non-African and an academician, who holds Africans in low regard. It would seem
to me that anyone who seeks to preserve and strengthen ATR, as I do, would find
this highly interesting, especially as said initiated priest has set himself up
as some kind of an authority, moreover a self-proclaimed sorcerer, holding
forth on a public usenet newsgroup. Your misstatements, especially those that
have the effect of bringing ATR into public disrepute, cannot be allowed to go
unchallenged. I am aware that many, especially those who are themselves
initiated, quickly see through your pose. But there are many others that don't,
and it is for them that I have taken up this particular cudgel.
>Eoghan
>
Peace,
Grisso
"who does not apologize, rather stands firm and fearless in the name of the
ancestors whom this man implicitly maligns"
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