[Vision2020] School Bond *Insanity*!

[Warren Hayman]

Thank you, Saundra.

May I add the dimension of quantity to the concern of quality as well? 
Yesterday, for example, I deleted almost four dozen (unnecessary?) 
postings.

Ouch,

Warren Hayman

On Wednesday, April 13, 2005, at 10:31  PM, Saundra Lund wrote:

> Good grief!  I don't know what's happened to people, but I'm finding 
> myself
> *very* sad for my community and for V2020.
>
> As has been said too many times to count, good people can and do 
> disagree
> about this levy, but you sure wouldn't know it from reading the posts 
> here
> and on some unnamed web sites.  Sheesh!
>
> There have been more than a few good questions asked -- and answered 
> -- on
> V2020 regarding the upcoming school *facilities* (not text books or 
> more
> teachers or pay or programs or special education services, but 
> *facilities*)
> levy, but the conversation has taken a (or many) very disappointing 
> turn.
> It seems to me there's *very little educating* going on with many posts
> recently.  We have -- or had -- an excellent opportunity to learn 
> about the
> various aspects of *all* (yes, there are more than just two) sides of 
> the
> issue, and it's being *squandered*, folks!
>
> Instead of focusing on the pros and cons of the levy issue, the 
> "debate" (a
> word which I'm loath to use to describe some of the posts here, not to
> mention the sheer ***lunacy***(!) I've seen on more than one web site) 
> by a
> vocal few has ceased to have any productive value other than showing 
> how
> desperate some people are.
>
> For the first time in my *long* Internet history, I'm using Bozo 
> filters.
> This saddens me, but I honestly don't need to read the inane and 
> shameful
> attacks by some to help me decide what I think is best for our future 
> --
> quite the contrary.  Questions & answers are what I'm interested in, 
> not
> juvenile attacks or lunatic conspiracy theories or other such nonsense.
>
> I find it ironic & incredibly disappointing that a discussion about our
> community's educational facilities has turned into what I've read the 
> last
> few days on V2020.  Quite frankly, from some of the nonsense I've 
> read, a
> few of your have been pushed 'round the bend.  I urge some of you to
> *honestly* examine your motives for such repeated public displays.
> Regardless of where you genuinely fall on the issue, you aren't 
> presenting
> logical, reasoned, or thoughtful arguments and responses.  To put it
> bluntly, you are looking like crackpots.
>
> I strongly *urge* everyone to look back at their posts over the last 
> week or
> so with a critical eye.  For some of us, it will be an easy 
> examination --
> this time  ;-)
>
> But for others, take the opportunity and actually *learn* something 
> from
> your methods!  Are you proud of your public behavior on V2020?  Would 
> those
> you care about -- & who care about you -- be proud of every word you've
> posted?  Do you think you've been effective at what you were 
> attempting?
> What could you have done differently that would have been more 
> effective?
> Do you see instances where you would have been more effective had you 
> *not*
> posted something or sent it privately?
>
> Which leads me to something I've wanted to point out for awhile:  just
> because this is a community discussion forum doesn't mean that 
> *everything*
> you have to say *must* be posted here.  Sometimes, it's more 
> appropriate to
> respond to people *privately,* particularly when bickering!  Good 
> grief!
> Didn't those who raised you teach you anything about how to respond -- 
> even
> to those with whom you disagree --  with basic human dignity and 
> respect?!?!
>
> If anyone is wondering if my comments are directed towards themselves, 
> well
> . . . IF THE SHOE FITS, then WEAR IT!  Good grief!
>
> Please, folks, let's get back to asking our *genuine* questions about 
> the
> upcoming levy.  If you're hooked into the bickering & attacks rather 
> than
> the facilities bond, *please* take it off-list so those of us who are
> *genuinely* trying to learn can do so -- or at least change the dang 
> Subject
> line so those of us interested in the specifics of the *facilities* 
> bond can
> skip your embarrassing public displays.
>
> Sheesh!
>
>
> Most Sincerely,
> Saundra Lund
> Moscow, ID
>
> The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to 
> do
> nothing.
> Edmund Burke
>
>
>
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