I find Dennis a great convenience. Just put NOT in front of any of his opinions; it's a close to infallible guide. He could help by opining on issues new to us, so we'd know what not to think, right off.
David Shove Roseville On Wed, 30 Mar 2005, Bob Parker wrote: > > Quite right, Mike! > As irritating as I find most right-wingers to be, (and I find most of > them dangerously unaware of and insensitive to issues pertaining to the > greater good of society--in my own opinion, of course) I think there is > a vital need to keep those voices heard. You know, like Voltaire > said--- though I hardly feel that that same sentiment is shared by most > on the right. Everyone should be afforded enough rope... even me! I > can sometimes see it coiling up around my feet, but I'm grateful for > the opportunity to speak my sometimes emotionally impulsive mind. > We are all lucky to be able to participate. > Bob Parker > Dayton's Bluff > > On Mar 30, 2005, at 9:45 AM, Mike Wassenaar wrote: > > > > > I want to pipe up on this as a volunteer who's been working with Saint > > Paul E-Democracy for the last several years. > > > > The forum is non-partisan to encourage MORE civic discussion about our > > community. The rather na�ve idea many of us have is more public > > participation and more public deliberation in public issues will > > strengthen Saint Paul. My opinion is if people have honest > > disagreements and respectful debate on the forum, then we're actually > > getting somewhere. > > > > So rather than say this a right or left leaning discussion group, we > > should take the RADICAL position that it needs to exist for people who > > want to engage in civic life in Saint Paul. Most of us will agree > > that there isn't enough honest intellectual discourse in our public > > lives. We should all > > be trying to remedy that. > > > > Mike Wassenaar > > West End > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > > JOIN the St. Paul Issues Forum TODAY: > > http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/ > > ------------------------------------------------- > > POST MESSAGES HERE: [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/ > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > JOIN the St. Paul Issues Forum TODAY: > http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/ > ------------------------------------------------- > POST MESSAGES HERE: [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/ > ------------------------------------------------- JOIN the St. Paul Issues Forum TODAY: http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/ ------------------------------------------------- POST MESSAGES HERE: [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/
