[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

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