<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 2:54 PM, David <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:david@h4c.org">david@h4c.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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It's not the subject matter that is the problem, if I might venture
an opinion. It's the lack of careful thought, the dearth of
courtesy, the polarized and stubborn holding to positions, the
inflammatory statements, and the like. The highest purpose of
discussions such as take place in fora such as this is to be changed
by the conversation, to learn, to grow in understanding. That does
not happen where people are not listening to one another, and there
is limited evidence in the latter portion of the exchange that the
condition has been met.<br></div></blockquote><div><br>well said. <br></div></div>