A Cheeky Carrot

The Times, no not the newspaper of record, but The Times of London has submitted an online questionnaire to all bishops with questions ranging from A to Z and all in between. A - asks if the Archbishop of Canterbury is a flawed leader. Z - questions if the Communion has done enough in/about Zimbabwe. A sampling of the in between includes Roman-Anglican dialogue, global warming, do we need a Communion and are people born gay.

The carrot offered to the 650 recipients for answering such in-depth and in some instances revealing questions -- entry into a drawing for one, yes a total of one, bottle of champagne.

How absolutely cheeky! Really how cheap. Actually how insulting. The promise of a 1 in 650 chance for a bottle of Cristal might get me to share Bishop Walker's inner most thoughts on line. But on second thought, even if the cheeky carrot is Cristal, we're keeping those deep thoughts to ourselves. No deal.