On 5/14/2013 11:48 PM, David Gerard wrote:
On 15 May 2013 07:45, Michael Snow <[email protected]> wrote:
That last bit is critical; people have repeatedly suggested a certain
mistrust underlies the repeated flareups. Well, the reason that mistrust has
grown so much is because we are often impatient, and take shortcuts in order
to "get things done" (or so we believe).
You're quite sure that's the root cause?
I'm addressing this as a structural issue, and there may be other ways
to express it, but I'm not sure that talking about "the root cause" fits
the nature of the problem. With apologies for lapsing into legal
terminology, my message is not about proximate cause, such as for
particular incidents. Rather, I am focusing on a cultural phenomenon,
and as with most aspects of culture, certainly many factors may be at
play, but I do feel sure that as to what I'm describing, this is a major
part of the challenge. If you like, change that sentence to say "one"
reason rather than "the", I think the rest of what I wrote is still just
as valid.
--Michael Snow
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