[Vision2020] I think that's just about enough.

[lfalen]

Good  statement
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From: "Melynda Huskey" mghuskey at msn.com
Date: Mon,  7 Mar 2005 23:11:47 -0800
To: "Vision 2020" vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] I think that's just about enough.

> I'd like to propose an immediate moratorium on the topic of anybody's div> orce, ex-spouse, mental or physical disability, or family sorrows and tra> gedies.  All of us lose when public discourse, particularly in this elect> ronic form which makes intemperance and hostility so easy and inconsequen> tial, goes down this road.  There are suffering people attached to the na> mes and stories being bandied about here.
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> Of course, I don't have any power to enforce such a proposal, but I'm mak> ing an earnest plea.  I believe that the recent rash of anonymous posting> s contributes to a sense that we can say whatever we like about people--t> aunt them, vilify them, excoriate them--without any personal consequence.>   It's a kind of poison pen letter, but with the extra thrill of many spe> ctators.    
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> We *can* have conversation here that is both civil and heated, intense an> d respectful.  But we've got to work at it.  And a reasonable first step,>  it seems to me, is to sign our names to our posts and to limit our conve> rsation to matters of public interest.
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