Original Message: ----------------- From: Jo Anne [email protected] Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:14:29 -0700 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: The Role of Government in a Libertarian Free Market
Doug wrote: >> Has he been arrogant at times? Maybe, but that sort of thing is difficult >> to judge via email. One can often sound arrogant or diffident or whiny and >> not really mean to. But if arrogance was the criteria by which we judged >> people for their on list fitness, how long would JDG have lasted? >ROFLMAO!! Exactly. And how many times did how many of us try to talk to him >about the *way* he said things more that *what* he said. Well, nice to have you back in the conversation, but I differ with you on that. I think most folks with long memories know that JDG and I have gone at it many times back when he was on the list. He certainly got under my skin, but I did not count him as arrogant....just a passionate debator that really believed in his ideas. He was the most conservative long term member of the list, and I think it's no coincidence that I, an Obama delegate last year, is the closest thing we have to an arguemetative long term conservative here. I know there are long term folks more conservative than me here; they just don't get in long debates/ Indeed, I think we lost a lot of IAMOAC in the big dust up....which ended up in a significant drop in tolerance with those who differed from the normative view of the list. >I disagree, Doug. Talking about how we have worked out talking to each >other, especially after 'the big blow' and a few of the smaller ones is an >important steam release valve, I think, and one of the ways this list >continues to work. Unfortunately, it hasn't worked nearly as well after the dust up/blow up. If you look at the number of posts per month when someone like John doesn't start a big discussion, it's down about 90% from before the times of trouble. Dan M. -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com – Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft® Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail _______________________________________________ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
