Nikki, it's unfortunate that people would be so blind as to attack what you said with disrespectful language. This thread is about freedom of speech after all. And the purpose of the freedom of speech is to foster the free and open exchange of ideas. Something Gurban is apparently not alone in his lack of understanding. Whether what you wrote was correct or not and whether your word choice accurately reflected your position or not doesn't excuse such disrespect.
I would encourage those with such strong opinions on the subject to offer a correction to Nikki's post - although at this point to do so isn't really necessary given Nikki's modification. I do have a question that someone on the list may be able to shed some light on. Minnesota law prohibits the use of government resources for political purposes. I would argue the law includes the use of government resources to stifle the voice of a politician with whom a government employee disagrees with. Did Gurban violate the law when he called the park police? It seems to me that the police (Minneapolis police of course) should investigate this potential illegal action. Randall Cutting Seward > > I'd like to modify what I said in my previous post. I received 3 off-line > replies calling me, among other names, a lying b____. > > I am sorry. I should not have said that Jason was "blocking" the door. It > seemed innocuous enough when I was writing it, but on rereading it, not > precise. I just meant that the issue was where he was passing out > literature (at the door), not that he was passing it out in the park, or > the contents. > > The fact that I received these name-calling, enraged reponses makes me > think that things are a little out of proportion, and maybe out of > control. In fact I think the whole incident is a symptom of that and a > natural outcome of the very personal attacks. I'll try to be more > constructive and respectful of differences of opinion. > > Nikki Carlson > Linden Hills > REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
