AYE!
I have no desire to hear other people debate back and forth on politcal
issues in THIS forum. I hear enough from my local and national leaders to
last me a lifetime. There are other more suitable avenues to fuel those type
of discussions.
Hector
Now back to the regularly scheduled lurking...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Harney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 11:03 AM
Subject: The "problem" with the list.
> It's easy enough to see what has caused Charlie (among others) to leave
the
> list. The problem is that there is a perpetual debate between two
extremes,
> and no moderator to say when the debate is over or who has won.
Eventually,
> people become frustrated with this and leave. If we want the list to
heal,
> the solution is obvious, we simply have to realize that each of us has our
> views, and none of us are going to give in on those views, and simply
agree
> to disagree and drop the talk about politics.
>
> So, I move to add an amendment to the list policy of "All is Brin". I
move
> that we amend it to say "All is Brin except politics". If we wish to
> discuss the policital systems of Sci-fi Novels, that's fine, but let's
keep
> real world politics out of the discussion.
>
> All in favor say "Aye".
> All opposed say "Nay".
>
> The Dolphin
>
>