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We'll let the "news" story speak for itself.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Citing chanting and odd religious rituals, the neighbor of Ward Parkway Mall killer David Logsdon feared "occult" like ceremonies held in his backyard.
Neighbor Jo Ann Correa said she'd known Logsdon since he was 11 years old and was becoming increasingly alarmed by what she suspects were satanic rituals,
"I don't approve of that, and it scared me. Actually, it scared me. I didn't feel safe in the back yard anymore," Correa said.
She said it wasn't just Logsdon, but that others were also at the rituals, which included chanting.
"We understood it as some sort of marriage ceremony there. And we understood it was a Satan worship. I don't know it for a fact.[emphasis mine] I do know something strange was going on there," Correa said.
She had watched Logsdon grow up and says the behaviour didn't fit in with his family's spiritual background. "They were church goers, and his sister and his mother you know, and I just don't know exactly what happened there," Correa said.
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The news director that published this piece is Debbie Bush, and her email address is bush@nbcactionnews.com - in case you'd like to complain.
Ms. Bush,
The recent story regarding rituals at the Logdson home quotes a neighbor referring to the rituals as "Satanic", but provides no counterbalance to such an assertion, leading to the inevitable average-reader-conclusion that Logsdon was, indeed, a Satanist.
At High Mass at the National Cathedral, there is burning of incense and a great deal of chanting, yet no one suggests that anyone present is worshiping Satan.
At Native American rituals there is the burning of incense and chanting and drumming(!), yet no one suggests that anyone present is worshiping Satan.
At many pagan ceremonies there is the burning of incense and chanting and sometimes even drumming, and EVERYONE outside that circle, including the members of our media, suggests that anyone present is worshiping Satan.
That the neighbor could be correct (and she's not, as I knew the man and many of those who attended his, and other, rituals) is not at issue. It's that, without regard to balance or objectivity, you report the anxiety-riddled meanderings of someone who Does Not Know.
Was he a Satanist? Do you know? Did you or your researchers ask someone in a position to have such information? Did you bother to find out?
Or did you, spotting an opportunity for a delicious sound-bite, snatch at the glutton's bowl and call it "reporting?"
I am a Christian. My family is Christian. And such willful ignorance offends me to my core. This is irresponsible reporting at it's worst.
- Wm Morris, Independence, Missouri
iarraidh.We'll let the "news" story speak for itself.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Citing chanting and odd religious rituals, the neighbor of Ward Parkway Mall killer David Logsdon feared "occult" like ceremonies held in his backyard.
Neighbor Jo Ann Correa said she'd known Logsdon since he was 11 years old and was becoming increasingly alarmed by what she suspects were satanic rituals,
"I don't approve of that, and it scared me. Actually, it scared me. I didn't feel safe in the back yard anymore," Correa said.
She said it wasn't just Logsdon, but that others were also at the rituals, which included chanting.
"We understood it as some sort of marriage ceremony there. And we understood it was a Satan worship. I don't know it for a fact.[emphasis mine] I do know something strange was going on there," Correa said.
She had watched Logsdon grow up and says the behaviour didn't fit in with his family's spiritual background. "They were church goers, and his sister and his mother you know, and I just don't know exactly what happened there," Correa said.
.eof
The news director that published this piece is Debbie Bush, and her email address is bush@nbcactionnews.com - in case you'd like to complain.
Ms. Bush,
The recent story regarding rituals at the Logdson home quotes a neighbor referring to the rituals as "Satanic", but provides no counterbalance to such an assertion, leading to the inevitable average-reader-conclusion that Logsdon was, indeed, a Satanist.
At High Mass at the National Cathedral, there is burning of incense and a great deal of chanting, yet no one suggests that anyone present is worshiping Satan.
At Native American rituals there is the burning of incense and chanting and drumming(!), yet no one suggests that anyone present is worshiping Satan.
At many pagan ceremonies there is the burning of incense and chanting and sometimes even drumming, and EVERYONE outside that circle, including the members of our media, suggests that anyone present is worshiping Satan.
That the neighbor could be correct (and she's not, as I knew the man and many of those who attended his, and other, rituals) is not at issue. It's that, without regard to balance or objectivity, you report the anxiety-riddled meanderings of someone who Does Not Know.
Was he a Satanist? Do you know? Did you or your researchers ask someone in a position to have such information? Did you bother to find out?
Or did you, spotting an opportunity for a delicious sound-bite, snatch at the glutton's bowl and call it "reporting?"
I am a Christian. My family is Christian. And such willful ignorance offends me to my core. This is irresponsible reporting at it's worst.
- Wm Morris, Independence, Missouri
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Re: Did you see?
Date: 2007-05-03 15:39 (UTC)I agree with what you are saying, I just would like my fellow human beings to approach situations by thinking them through before opening their mouths.
My neighbor is doing something I don't do in their back yard, it seems vaguely ritualistic, ergo it must be Satanism! The leap in logic is just disturbing.
Re: Did you see?
Date: 2007-05-03 17:17 (UTC)It's surprising how deeply that gets entrenched, too. When I was a teenager I went to a Southern Baptist church. A very SMALL Southern Baptist church in the Ozarks. For us, it was "them Catholics." Yup, the worshippers of the pope. Etc., etc. It was the teachings of this church that helped me stop being a christian. Love the people, like some of the principles of Christaniaty (the biggies- love your neighbor, play nice, don't lie, don't kill, etc.), but can't relate to bizarrely judgemental nature of that group psyche.
Re: Did you see?
Date: 2007-05-03 18:04 (UTC)Your example is dead on. Being raised Southern Baptist in Ft. Worth, TX, pretty much everyone else was going to Hell.
So I am curious as to how you happened on to my journal?
Re: Did you see?
Date: 2007-05-03 18:15 (UTC)I haven't. Not even a clue as to who you are- except that you know billthetailor. Your identity is more hidden than Peter Parker's, por moi.
BTW- I lived in the DFW area for 10 years, from 1991 - 2001. Lived in Allen, Irving, Arlington, and the last 5 years in Rowlett. Did some acting/sound design for Pegasus Theatre, and worked at the Arlington Mall (name?), the Galleria, and eventually 99-5 The Wolf and the ABC Radio Network. Had the best of times, and the worst of times, there. Brother still lives in Richardson.
Ft. Worth is the where the REAL Texans live. Dallas is where Ohio, Missouri, and New York live. If you're still in TX, say hi to Scarborough Faire (Festival now?) for me. Had many a good time there. :)
Re: Did you see?
Date: 2007-05-03 18:28 (UTC)Well it looks like we travel in the same circles in more than one way.
I used to be cast at Scarborough. Grew up in Ft. Worth but live in KC now. Worked at Hulen Mall while still in High School.
I do miss the good metroplex radio.
Other folks on your list that we have in common are NottyGypsy and Fantoms whom I know outside of LJ.