Harrison Thanks for the potted history of OSLIST on 1 April.
I have done my darnest NOT to enter this discussion, but restraint has given way. I was never comfortable with the whole notion of "givens" anyway, because they seem to limit possibilities and exploration. I do not like the idea of sponsors saying ahead of time what is and what is not possible BEFORE an event even happens. So, we never discuss them unless they are raised. Accordingly, I see no point in having givens on our exchange of experiences,insights, learnings, feelings, comments and any other word you can use to describe the brilliant and irritating things that humans say to each other. If we believe in a sense of Community and learning, there should be no censorship except the kind we impose on ourselves before dropping our pearls onto the LIST. If you don't want it out there, don't put it out! If you weren't sensitive about this before, you sure know about it now. However, I hope this discussion does not inhibit our flow, let's not put givens on ourselves! There are more than enough imposed by every institution and organisation in the world. Why add to the burden? With warmest regards from an Edinburgh, whose world famous arts festival programme was announced today, struggling towards spring with the sun still lurking behind a misty sky Kerry * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
