Too bad the preface to Brian Rice's first and last post effectively scolds list members for engaging in discussion of "things of which they know little, form opinions with very little reflection". I find his tone insulting and discouraging. Also, we shouldn't assume that posts submitted to the list reflect list members opinions as a whole. The most vocal may hold a minority opinion, or vice versa, there's no way of knowing what nearly 850 list members do with info circulated here.
Perhaps Brian should have joined the fray of discussion two weeks ago to enlighten us all. Instead he waits until after the veto override to point out how foolish we all are for forming opinions and reprimands our public discourse on the topic. I should hope that more people working in public service would be thrilled to have a captive audience of concerned citizens. Unfortunately it seems that some would prefer we weren't paying attention or forming opinions at all. Fortunately, we're just a tiny handful of the uninformed masses. Conor Donnelly Waite Park _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
