>On a seperate note, judging by the previous public positions of most >of the elected members on various issues, I shall take this as a clear >mandate that my previous vehement defense of my positions ( which I >had, due in large part to lack of consultation, assumed was >potentially a community position ) was wrong. > >I apologize for those I may have slighted, and I respectfully ask for >the community's forgiveness. I will continue forward recognizing that >my opinions on these matters are merely my opinions.
I think we all have times that we feel that the opinions we have are not mere opinions but "the truth incarnate" or "surely what any person with common sense would think". Wars and religious schismas are based on such arguments :-) It takes a better man than most to write what you just wrote. Casper