Sorry Paul Everett for the misunderstanding. I guess I was so amazed to encounter this phenomena that I was too quick `to see a shaddow of mountain as a mountain`
Avner Haramati ----- Original Message ----- From: J. Paul Everett <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 24, 2001 6:53 AM Subject: Re: Concerns and Tactics > In a message dated 12/23/01 1:36:24 PM, [email protected] writes: > > << So what happens Peggy if one like you (who beleives in dialogue with > > oponents) is dependent with his life on one like Paul (Who does not beleive > > in dialogue between people who disagree) and you deeply disagree on many > > levels? >> > > Avner, > > Whoops!! Please don't attribute to me a dislike of dialogue with people with > whom I don't agree. Not true. I most certainly do enjoy it, in fact, use it > in my consulting practice quite extensively, on tough issues. What I was > objecting to was the perceived set up by Kenoli wherein he would hold forth > without "polarization", that is, dissenting or other opinions. Which we had > probably better explore the meaning of before we go much further > (polarization, I mean). Anyway, just wanted to set that straight. I'm not > up for a big discussion tonight. Except for one point, which is that I > separate the two words "Agree" and "Accept". Accept means to take in and > consider. Agree means consent to do or act on. To be in dialogue, we must > stay in an accepting state or all is lost. Just a small point. > > btw, the Winter issue of "YES" magazine has some very powerful articles in it > on peace, war and other issues of the commonweal. Recommend it. Very > challenging. Are we ready to die for peace? To be killed by the violent > other in order that we ourselves not be violent? Wendell Berry ("The Failure > of War"), Walter Wink ("Pacifism With Teeth"), Yael Lachman ("Choose Love") > all write in a paradigm-stretching way. Not directly to do with OST, though. > > Peace, > > Paul > > * > * > ========================================================== > [email protected] > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of [email protected], > Visit: > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
