Re: [pf] Risks, imposed or chosen

by Jill Taylor Bussiere

19 December 2000 01:58 UTC

Tully,
    I agree, dissent is a good thing, and we all grow from such.

                        Jill
----- Original Message -----
From: tully <tully@netpath.net>
To: <positive-futures@igc.topica.com>
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 6:08 PM
Subject: Re: [pf] Risks, imposed or chosen


> At 12:34 PM 12/18/00 -0800, Jill Taylor Bussiere wrote:
> >I am glad that some of you found the discussion on GMO's helpful to you.
I
> >did not.
>
> Effective dissenters can be wonderful, especially on a list like this,
> where we all agree too much.  ;)
>
> >I feel it is a rehashing of ground we have already covered, with
> >no gains made anywhere, with David's in-your-face sort of arguing that
makes
> >gross generalizations about people, and then practices some of the very
> >things that he challenges others on.  I don't appreciate this method,
>
> His method was disrespectful IMO.  Its the way usenet is all the time when
> I was out there years ago.  This list is so very different.  I have not
> seen anything even approaching flames on this list until this.  Is it
> because we agree so much that we have all learned to be respectful with
> each other?  But I know I've seen disagreements here before, but I can't
> recall any namecalling...  hmmm...  have we stumbled on some magic
> formula?  (non-chemical, of course!)  lol