Allen Wyatt finally fesses up about 'savegrantpalmer.com'
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:48 pm
Some of you may remember the "savegrantpalmer.com" affair from a number of years back. If not, here's a rundown:
When it became known that Grant Palmer, author of "An Insider's View of Mormon Origins," had been scheduled for a "court of love," many people here decided to create a website showing their support for him.
Several people made suggestions for potential domain names for this soon-to-be-created website. When a domain name was decided upon (http://www.savegrantpalmer.com) and one of them went to register it, lo and behold, Allen Wyatt, one of the chief bigwigs at FAIR, had already registered it and several of its variants.
Yes, he had been monitoring the conversation here and had snatched it up.
After a firestorm of criticism, he maintained that it was merely a "prank" and there was nothing wrong with what he had done.
Now, fast-forward to last week: Over at http://www.timesandseasons.org/?p=4590 , in comment #38, Allen says the following:
So it's nice to see him finally admit that his little stunt wasn't a mere "prank;" that he was indeed "try[ing] to place speedbumps in the path of those criticizing the church."
When it became known that Grant Palmer, author of "An Insider's View of Mormon Origins," had been scheduled for a "court of love," many people here decided to create a website showing their support for him.
Several people made suggestions for potential domain names for this soon-to-be-created website. When a domain name was decided upon (http://www.savegrantpalmer.com) and one of them went to register it, lo and behold, Allen Wyatt, one of the chief bigwigs at FAIR, had already registered it and several of its variants.
Yes, he had been monitoring the conversation here and had snatched it up.
After a firestorm of criticism, he maintained that it was merely a "prank" and there was nothing wrong with what he had done.
Now, fast-forward to last week: Over at http://www.timesandseasons.org/?p=4590 , in comment #38, Allen says the following:
I registered some domain names that were going to be used by those critical of the Stake President, in support of Grant Palmer.
Two days later, I offered those domain names to the supporter/critic-in-question, free of charge. I offered them to him via e-mail and in a personal phone call. He declined my offer. In any accounts of the "incident," I have yet to see a full account–only how mean and vile I am because I tried to place speedbumps in the path of those criticizing the church.
So it's nice to see him finally admit that his little stunt wasn't a mere "prank;" that he was indeed "try[ing] to place speedbumps in the path of those criticizing the church."