[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kerry Miller) wrote:
> Do you rate a diversity of means higher than a diversity of
> perspectives?
No. I'm not sure what I wrote that would have prompted you to ask
this question.
> There's a preference, true enough, for looking at means rather than
> goals.
That is not what I meant and I have no idea where you are going with
this.
> This, despite the fact (I think its safe to say) that no one is on
> the Internet who doesnt have email. Why doesnt it follow that any
> 'unversal' convention should stick with text -- and if there is a
> 'communication problem' in text, that one might look at *how* one
> uses text?
I merely offered the other options as just that. I think people
should use tools to communicate that they feel comfortable with.
> I agree that emotional involvement *may lead to frustration, but
> isnt it also what leads to taking another look at what one hoped to
> accomplish, or the process one is using?
If they aren't too frustrated, perhaps.
--gregbo