Simon Belmont wrote:Doctor Scratch wrote:Why, Simon? This doesn't make a whole lot of sense, and it sounds like outright censorship.
Because, as a hypothetical representative of the LDS Church... I
own those documents.
Perhaps. But nobody "owns" history, and refusing access to documents just makes it seems as if the Church has something to hide.
I want the data contained therein treated fairly and accurately. I will interrogate a potential author for any agenda or ulterior motive.
That's ridiculous, Simon. There was no reason to think that Bagley would be unfair or inaccurate in his assessment of the documents--hence why he had TBM supporters who helped arrange the meeting in the first place. Furthermore, according to his story, his was perfectly straightforward about his views. Instead, it seemed that Welch had set up the meeting as a kind of pre-emptive strike, to, so that the Mopologists could drum information out of Bagley.
I mean, they gave him a meeting at least... that doesn't sound like outright censorship to me.
As I said, it didn't sound like much of a "meeting" at all. It sounded more like an interrogation.
"[I]f, while hoping that everybody else will be honest and so forth, I can personally prosper through unethical and immoral acts without being detected and without risk, why should I not?." --Daniel Peterson, 6/4/14