At 08:25 PM 6/11/01 -0700, Mike Noyes wrote:
...
>I agree with Scott's wording. I recognized my mistake as soon as I read his
>message. I think we should give Morgan a chance to write a draft. He may
>come up with something we can all agree on.
...
We need to be careful here. Silence does not equal assent, and many of the
important participants in LEAF have been most notable for their silence on
this thread. Some of them may not share the sentiments of those of us who
have spoken up, but hesitate to start a confrontation here on this list.
Understandably. Others may share the general sentiment but feel that it is
not a proper topic of discussion here. Again, understandably. In other
contexts, I've been in both of these positions, and they are uncomfortable ones.
Personally, I'm not too worried about trying to do something "effective". I
think Dave's efforts are trivial in any real political sense.
My personal goal is to respond in a way that lets me feel OK about living
with myself. This is, for lack of a better word, a moral concern, not a
political one. As I've said in other contexts, one cannot control the world,
but one can at least try to control one's own reaction to the world.
If Morgan comes up with something, I'll be happy to read and comment on it.
But not tonight; I'm about done for the night (and it's after midnight in
DC, after 11 in Kansas and Minnesota). Really, we are, as a group, better at
sharing ideas and stimulating one another's creativity than we are at
forging consensus. We've done that part here, and if nothing more happens
than whatever each of us decides to do individually, we should feel good
about that result.
My best wishes to you all.
--
------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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