very good ariel, i take your point. complimenti - bill On Marted�, giu 1, 2004, at 19:04 Europe/Rome, Ariel Abramovich wrote:
> From my humble point of view, you know what's the problem of bringing > subjects like all this to the forum? > We (the members of this list) don't have the minimum necessary > elements for > a serious and productive debate about politics, nor a simple fair and > productive exchange. > In other words: > Our perception of word's reality is totally different (our realities > are > totally different), as well as our values are. Apart from that, we > don't > even share the same categories, so we don't even have a common > language to > start with... Methodologically we're already failing. > A very easy and quite obvious example: think about what the word > freedom > means for you, and I guarantee that will have little to do with the > meaning > I give to "libertad". > A very concrete example: HR watch is a foundation created ironically > by a > person (Mr. Soros) who, according to some values, has little respect > for > human rights (I could go on, but I don't think that's good). At the > same > time, it is for you a good source of information... > It is not a matter of playing the autistic by avoiding any topic not > directly linked with lute and music, but all this- music and lutes- is > what > we actually have in common. That's the place in which we can actually > meet, > share things, and learn from each other, no matter how different we are > (even talking only about that we had difficult moments). > What's the point then in finding out about how horrible, selfish, one > sided, > narrow minded or whatever we might turn resulting to each other? > It would be like talking about sexual preferences in the forum. More > than a > member would be horrified if we all turned to be totally open about > it. > Don't you think? > Personally, I can also delete the emails I'm not interested in, but I > prefer > to exchange my ideas about some things in some other places. > Saludos, > A > > > > > > >
