> [Original Message] > From: Willis Stoesz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have a point: > overly aggressive people with a message > do transgress people's right to say no.
The problem is that this "overly aggressive" characterization--along with a string of much harsher adjectives--is based on the anticipation of what might happen in an imagined encounter that hasn't occurred. There is really no point in becoming outraged and indignant and raising the intensity of the rhetoric of the discussion by two orders of magnitude over something that hasn't happened. From what's been said, it doesn't appear that you nor I nor the Thompsons have even seen one of these political volunteers at the Farmers' Market. It seems a little hasty to compare an activist with a clipboard to a mob of emotionally incensed, morally outraged, single-issue demonstrators engaged in picketing a family planning clinic in an attempt to influence others in the exercise of another form of constitutionally-protected freedom of choice. Guy Western the West Side _____________________________________________ To Join: St. Paul Issues Forum Rules Discussion Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
