Dee Long writes: >To which I say: AMEN! > >Indulging in invective and innuendoes does nothing to advance the debate or >the understanding of the issues being discussed on this forum. If you're >stressed out, take a walk. Don't take it out on those who have come to the >forum for an intelligent discussion of the matters at hand. And if you >absolutely must resort to pejoratives, please strive for some degree of >elegance rather than the juvenile drivel to which we've recently been >subjected.
The most juvenile I've seen today is the Brian Rice - I'm going to take my marbles and go home post. Mr. Rice starts his post with: For anyone who has followed this issue with more than a modicum of intelligence, they would know that the Park Board entered into a purchase agreement with Moore Business Forms. ============================= EY: In other words, the general public is too moronic to have a say in how our taxpayer money is spent. I would have less problems with the Park board, if members -- such as Annie Young -- would defend their choice here on this forum, and answer directly the detailed criticisms of the Park staff financial projections posted by Mike Hohman, Barbara Nelson and others. Rice continues: I think Eva's last shot is typical of the rude, spiteful, cross, surly, ill-mannered and generally unpleasant tone of the e-mails I've noticed on this Forum. Par for the course! I know now why as a parent you are advised to keep your children out of chat rooms. I'm sure the vast majority of the members of the Forum are well-read, thoughtful Minneapolitans who take their civic duties seriously. I have appreciated many of the comments both on line and off line from people who were on both sides of this issue and I respect both. I can see where this Forum can--in theory--be capable of providing better connections and more direct information to expand the effusion of knowledge. However, the issue that engaged me in the debate on this Forum--the Park Board acquistion--has demonstrated the much less noble aspect of this Forum. As evidenced by Eva Young's freewheeling snideness. Just as I'm sure many participants in this Forum are well meaning and open minded, I'm sure that could be said of all chat rooms. ==================== EY: Well read the letters to the editor in the Strib on this subject. Most letters are critical of the Park Board on this. List Member Karen Forbes has been working on a tree planting project in Central. She needs some help from her Park Board commissioner, Marie Hauser. Calls don't get returned. She got an outdated list of tree locations from "Ralph" who works for the parks. Despite repeated calls, she still hasn't gotten an updated list. When she calls CM Lilligren's office, her call gets put into the infamous "pile". I'm still not sure what happens with that pile. And if Mr. Rice is comparing this list to a chatroom, he ought to visit some of the AOL chatrooms. Most of what goes on in many of those is sexual comeons and rather moronic conversation. And yes, kids shouldn't be going into those -- because there are sexual predators there. However I think kids should be exposed to political dialog. How are kids supposed to grow up, and take an interest in government and politics if they don't participate in politics when they are kids? Dee Long's question to the list about Parking -- and why Park Board employees get free parking as part of their job has also been left unanswered by Rice and other park board people on this list. And as far as that goes, when someone takes leave by saying -- bye bye, all of you, you are just a bunch of morons, I really can't blame one of the other noble freethinkers on this list telling Rice to not "let the door hit you on the butt on the way out." I got a good laugh out of Paul Kuettle's posts. They remind me of when he wrote a song for John Birrenbach's (aka Hemp John) demo against Jesse Ventura. Eva Eva Young Near North Minneapolis "You do not have the right to never be offended. This country is based on freedom, and that means freedom for everyone - not just you! You may leave the room, turn the channel, express a different opinion, etc., but the world is full of idiots, and probably always will be." --Article II of the Bill of Non-Rights. _______________________________________ 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
