[Vision2020] Let Induction Discussion Continue Onlist--or not

[Michael Curley]

Ted:
Let me take a stab at this one.  I think it is not the topic, but the 
depth, repetition, and very limited number of participants that 
sometimes takes an issue beyond the pale of most V2020 readers.  That 
does not mean the issue isn't important--indeed more important than 
much of what is discussed on 2020 (as your example, the Mariners)--it 
just means that a limited number are interested in the deeply 
involved discussion.  Global warming, specific political issues, 
killing that takes place around the world, philosophical matters, 
religion, chemistry, physics, (can I quit with examples without 
offending anyone or suggesting the list is exhaustive) are all issues 
that sometimes get discussed on 2020, but they are generally 
ancillary to an issue pertinent to either Moscow or the moment, 
nationally or globally.  But sometimes we begin to have an entire 
semester class presented, debated, and argued on 2020, and that does 
get tiresome.  While periodic Mariners updates are presented, there 
are seldom multi-page raging debates about the merits, vel non, of 
the designated hitter rule, which I suspect would become tiresome to 
many.  

I usually consider a request to take a matter offline a request that 
the posters consider whether the issue that stirs their drinks 
continues to have a general interest to the list.  Certainly the 
topic thread allows each of us to delete what is not of interest, but 
the request to take offline also allows us each to say, hey, I'd like 
to be copied on your continued discussion if we chose to do so.

It is, of course, your choice, as the list is unmoderated.  I chose 
to respond only because I have on occasion made the same request, 
politely I hope, and did not intend to, nor feel like I was, 
"attacking" a particular subject of posts.  

Regards,
Mike Curley


On 21 Nov 2005 at 16:35, Tbertruss at aol.com wrote:

> 
> 
> Don et. al.
> 
> Personally, I don't care if someone wants to discuss the Mariners on
> Vision2020.
> 
> But why attack the posts on induction?
> 
> We get an onslaught of reporting on sports on TV, Radio, Newspapers,
> Magazines, etc., so explain why Vision2020 is an appropriate place to
> discuss the Mariners? 
> 
> What difference does it really make if the Mariners win, lose or go
> bust for the future of Moscow? 
> 
> Why do you and others complain about the discussion of induction, yet
> say nothing about the posts on the Mariners that have been ongoing for
> years?
> 
> If the complaints about posts that are deemed not important for 
> Moscow or its future are to be fair minded, they should go after every
> subject that is not important to the future of Moscow.
> 
> Or perhaps you'd like to explain why what happens to the Mariners
> really matters to the future of Moscow? 
> 
> At least the improved critical thinking skills that the discussion of
> induction may inspire has some educational value. 
> 
> Given how many people are suckered by propaganda coming from various
> sources in our world, it appears there is need for the improved
> critical thinking skills that the discussion of induction might offer.
> 
> Ted Moffett