Please forgive my english.  I wanted so badly to reply to this message, yet
I do not have the time to sit with my interlingua dictionary to do it yet.
I just wanted to quickly say that I hope all will stop attacking Sr.
Castellina.  He expressed an opinion, so be it.  If someone wants to
translate the text of the Jehova's Witnesses, fine.  But if Interlingua is
to be neutral, then don't FORCE someone to NOT express their opinion.
Disagree, but don't make it sound like that person is a disgrace to
intelringua or to someone else.  Interlingua is a language, not a belief.
Let us discuss our beliefs with dignity and respect. If we force people to
be accepting of all opinions, we do injustice to ourselves.

Jay Bowks or P. Castellina, please translate this into Interlingua for the
rest of the group and their benefit.  Again, I will use Interlingua as soon
as I can; my apologies.

Sinceremente
Michael Edwards
----- Original Message -----
From: Martijn Dekker <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2000 11:21 PM
Subject: Re: Certemente ille non me pote dis-gratiar!


> Hm. Es interessante discoperir que le sito "neutral" del Union Mundial
> pro Interlingua es administrate per un zelator evangelic qui nunc ha
> demonstrate de non poter o voler tolerar le existentia de certe gruppos
> intra le christianismo altere que le sue, e qui vole facer toto possibile
> a supprimer le exercitio de lor libertate religiose constitutionalmente
> protecte (includente menacias quasi non velate de facer uso de
> "organisationes"), e qui ha nulle scrupulos contra annunciar iste
> intentiones publicamente.
>
> Interlingua pro totes - ma non pro le Testes de Jehova. Es isto le
> agenda del "aranea" del UMI? Que altere gruppos o personas es
> prohibite de usar interlingua?
>
> Ecce un scenario utopic ma basate in logica. Le causas combinate
> de interlingua e del Biblia vermente serea intra le interesses de Sr.
> Castellina. Dunque, Sr. Castellina darea le benvenito *multo* cordial
> a ulle existente traduction del Biblia, "falsificate" o non, como un cosa
> que le discargarea de forsan 80% del labor total; facerea
> deliberationes amical e professional con le traductor (qui io cognosce
> como un persona rationabile, tolerante, e respectuose); prenderea lo
> e facerea le correctiones judicate necesse; e publicarea le version
> "correcte" in su proprie sito con le permission del traductor original.
>
> Ma le pensata logic, le tolerantia, e le respecto obviemente es
> conceptos alien al zelatores religiose fixate in le medievo. No; que
> nos revive le Inquisition Espaniol!
>
> - Martijn, disgustate
>