Highest of Crimes

[catgirlpink]

Michelle (current President of the Pagan Campus Organization, fallen into power by apathy and lack of elections) has been deleting posts from PaCO's First Class folder (the forum system for UMaine students, faculty, and alumni

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[catgirlpink]

Anyway, I'm not sure exactly how to feel other than a little hurt. And believe that my religious rights have been stepped on (even if it was not on purpose). This has been a strange 4 years, I've watched Bum Stock field shrink as my spiritual side grew, inch by inch, the pavement encroaching.

Now, through an unfortunate snafu, our Bon Fire cut short. I am not saying this is anything but coincidence. I am not saying it is a deliberate attempt at hindering PaCO. Such is modern life with all it's complexities, and mob rule. Sometimes I feel like I'm whispering against a scream, my whisper can not be heard against the loudness and demanding needs of a scream. I'd like to think that I'm like a small, sharp, hard stone though. I wait through oceans of time until the wind gets tired, I move when I can, I carve myself into things that mean something to me, making my mark, and when the screaming wind comes again, let it whistle around me, my opinion often smaller even than the tiniest minority, but I'm persistent in my beliefs, I too am unyielding, I may be tossed around, but I will speak my mind for I know in the backs of any mind it makes a dent (it may be a small dent but once I get my thoughts into someones mind they can't help but think about it even in the tiniest fraction). My point to this last part is, that even though Zeus spoke up against the wind and he's not a student (though a founding member of PaCO), he did something that I am proud of. He said his piece without fear controlling him and spoke his mind. He spoke up against popular opinion, and spoke up for those of us in the group that felt upset. Will this change anything (maybe not) but it was said and the words are put into the minds who heard it.

I don't think it was a deliberate attempt to hinder PaCO and it's members that we were asked to cut short our celebration. However, I do feel hurt that it was expressed to us at the last minute after we made all those plans. In that we were not warned ahead of time and given the consideration I feel that we deserved (again though inadvertently).

Sorry to ramble, but I am not sorry to have shared my thoughts.
I might have been able to boil all this down into a small post, but I am very very tired, and when I am tired I ramble a lot.

David Sawyer
Anthropology/Psychology Major
Sociology Minor
PaCO Sec.
UMPIC member
MPBN volunteer

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A post by Zeus:

I'll make this short and sweet.

I have recently found out that not only has any post with an opinion other than Michelle's been deleted, but that she is making posts of her own concerning the exact same subject of her deletions. Essentially, she has dictated that other people cannot discuss this subject, but she can. She has declared that hers is the only voice or opinion that counts. I may not care for Michelle at this point, but I never thought she'd do that.

I have also heard that she is trying to get PaCO together at an unusual time. Now indeed, it is acceptable to call an emergency meeting. It is also in the PaCO constitution that 5 days notice shall be given.

My advice is this. I will not be there. I do not cater to that sort of person. Beware any meeting that has only one opinion welcomed. If Jen and David are not at that meeting.... then nothing said at that meeting matters. At that point, it simply becomes a soapbox for a single member, which isn't exactly productive.

Zeus - god of rights and wrongs

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[catgirlpink]

Do either of these look like posts worthy of deletion? Does it sound like David has been anything but nice to both sides, merely expressing his sadness at the situation and how badly things turned out? Are these the kinds of things that ONE person should EVER believe they have the right to prevent others from seeing? Certainly not. And I will not stand by while someone treats other people in this way, saying that their opinions do not matter, and abusing their power to control what others can and can't read. I will fight this, no matter who it comes from.

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[soggyfroggy]

actually, I forwarded them to Gus, who told me to delete them. Yet another example of how you are twisting the truth, or being told false information. This no longer a paco issue, and it hasn't been since Friday. It has gone above me now, and those people have decied to delete you from the folder and your emails. Not my decision. I listen to them, and if I don't there is no more paco.

Hope to see you Thursday.

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[catgirlpink]

Not true. Gus has been giving you advice, not orders. If you choose not to listen to his advice, it does not threaten the existence of PaCO.