From: Steve Marshall <forumbahai@es.co.nz>
Subject: Re: Majnun post
Date: Friday, February 12, 1999 3:32 AM
[Juan]
>>Moreover, it was clear that Birkland was going to
>>try to use the 'covenant' as a pretext to close talisman@indiana.edu down,
>>and he had already made one feint in that direction.
[Susan]
>Because he expressed alarm at the presence of a Covenant-breaker? Come, on. It
>was a new forum and no one was yet aware that you can't exclude CBs from this
>kind of thing.
[Me]
Yes, he expressed alarm, but not at the presence of a "covenant
breaker":
At 12:30 PM 22/1/96 -0500, Steve Birkland wrote to Talisman:
>I have become aware of the presence on Talisman of one of the National
>Directors of a group of Covenant-breakers. Apparently he has not posted
>anything; however, he has told someone known to me that he is archiving all
>the Talisman messages. I am providing the list owner with his name.
> Although he has never been a member of our Baha’i community and therefore
>has not been declared a Covenant-breaker, he is part of a body bent on
>undermining the unity of the Baha’i Faith. This creates a serious concern
>for Baha’i participants on the list in the light of the explicit Baha’i
>Teachings on the Covenant.
>
>Stephen Birkland
I responded direct to Stephen Birkland, and sent repeated follow-ups
but didn't get a response from him for nine months. In the meantime,
Talisman One closed down, and Talisman Two started up.
I'll leave it to the readers to decide what Steve Birkland was trying
to say in his message to Talisman.
ka kite,
Steve
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