[Vision2020] Hanson's condescending and smug dismissal......

[keely emerinemix]

Do you notice how utterly impossible it is to sound condescending and smug 
when you say "dagnab it"??????  I think Melynda's on to something here . . . 
she may just now have singlehandedly saved Vision 2020 from the cesspool of 
rancor and irritability.

Well, for the love of Pete . . .

keely

PS -- Now, let me be clear, since we're using the Internet as a vehicle for 
news, that I do not actually love anyone named "Pete," nor would I exchange 
the love of anyone I know for the love of Pete, who exists to me only as a 
charming colloquialism.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.



From: Melynda Huskey <melynda at moscow.com>
To: ToeKneeTime at aol.com
CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Hanson's condescending and smug dismissal......
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 22:16:42 -0800

Dear Tony,

It might be a little easier to engage with what you're writing if we had 
some idea what exactly it is you're all worked up about.  You're posting 
here, but you seem to be in the middle of a conversation with someone else, 
and it's a little confusing.

We've been talking about the possibility of a SuperWalmart in town, saving 
the cedar grove on Moscow Mountain, poetry, smart growth, port security, 
terrorism, and mine safety (among other things).   If you wanted to start a 
conversation about how some apparently tolerant people really aren't 
tolerant, something beyond a few untethered and somewhat insulting 
assertions might encourage other people to respond.  As it is, you seem to 
be randomly flinging accusations.  Seriously, have any of us subscribers 
recently issued a command to respect diversity?  (Answer:  No.)   Has anyone 
refused to share V2020 with you?  (Answer:  No.)  Is it intolerant to object 
to a stranger's rudeness on a listserv?  (Answer: No.)  So what exactly is  
the problem?

Please, DARE to disagree with the prevailing wisdom--just find the 
prevailing wisdom first, and tell us what it is.  Maybe you like the idea of 
the UAE managing east coast ports?  You hate poetry?  You'd like the cedar 
grove cut down?  You love/hate/don't care at all about Walmart?  Maybe you 
think Chuck Norris is a big girl's blouse (be careful with this one)?

I've been dreading the consequences of the Trib piece for this very 
reason--because Dave Johnson chose to focus on the contentious aspects of 
V2020, we're bound to get new subscribers who are confused about what 
actually happens here.  Dagnab it.

Melynda Huskey

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