On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 5:10 PM, <
joshua.ainslie@wikinewsie.org> wrote:
> Just a heads up to everybody, my interview with Westboro Baptist was
> confirmed today - so I'll be doing a Wikinews interview with them. I want to
> keep it non-partisan and try to give them a chance to display themselves as
> they see themselves, not just repeat the tired mantras of "omg evil
> Christian hatemongers" in the media - without giving them a platform to spew
> a personal agenda. I've got a rough list of questions I want to cover,
> mostly dealing with how they see/accept/ignore the rampant criticism of
> their church - and whether they believe that such protests are legitimate,
> or could be legitimate if approached a different way, or just all criticism
> of their church is evil and ignorant.
> I'd welcome ideas for questions in the next 2-3 days from anybody interested
> in helping determine the shape of this interview. Also, I know the church
> relinquishes copyright on most of their own images - but if you know a
> strong, powerful image of the group (from any perspective), I'd love to see
> it - even if copyrighted, to see if I can't convince the photographer to
> release rights so we can use it.
> Sherurcij.
>