[pure-silver] Re: [pure-silver]: Democracy in Peril
- From: Leigh Solland <solland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 15:02:35 -0600
Ron Schwarz wrote:
> 09:59 AM 9/14/2004 -0700, joe suburbs wrote:
>
> >That people followed a path of least resistance in this case does not
> signify any trends because you cannot extrapolate trends from one data
> point. I suspect many people signed up for the freelist list that Brick
> originated because it provided an acceptable solution to them.
> >
> >Key word being acceptable. Not good, better, best or even fair, right,
> moral or just. Not even final. But acceptable.
> >
> >Consensus takes many forms, the process isn't always going to follow
> Robert's Rules of Order or any order whatsoever.
>
> He's just upset that his little coup failed, that's all.
>
> Beware the "liberator" who demeans, belittles, accuses, and otherwise
> attacks those he claims to wish to "save".
>
> Beware the "shepherd" who *drives* his flock with a spear, a bark, a growl,
> and a threat.
>
> Real shepherds *lead*. Wolves are the ones that *drive* their quarry.
>
> The Angry Handful is pissed off that they weren't able to pull off their
> tinhat "revolution".
>
> It's kinda sad in a way to see someone (or two or three ;) *so* wrapped up
> in things that they're consumed with the need to control the lives of
> others to such an extent that they try to turn a simple mailing list
> migration into a People's Revolutionary Crusade.
>
> Kinda disgusting, too.
>
> I notice Comrade Zimbabweman did not manage to answer my question as to why
> he didn't call for these People's Revolutionary Reforms BEFORE the
> migration. If things are as Truly F'd Up as he (and his Silly Crew) insist
> they are, then *surly* the Rule of King Tim should have been challenged
> from the start.
>
> Or could it possibly be that, like all predatory scavengers, the stood
> wait, biding their time, knowing that it would be utter folly to strike
> until a moment of transition, when there'd be an opportunity to cash in on
> the temporary disarray?
>
Ron, I have been mightily entertained by the flame war on the old list, but I
don't think I want to read it on this one. Please?
Leigh
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