<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY
style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; FONT: 10pt verdana; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"
bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I couldn't agree more!</FONT></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=mghuskey@msn.com href="mailto:mghuskey@msn.com">Melynda Huskey</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Vision 2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 07, 2005 11:11
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] I think that's just
about enough.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>I'd like to propose an immediate moratorium on the topic of anybody's
divorce, ex-spouse, mental or physical disability, or family sorrows and
tragedies. All of us lose when public discourse, particularly in this
electronic form which makes intemperance and hostility so easy and
inconsequential, goes down this road. There are suffering people
attached to the names and stories being bandied about here.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Of course, I don't have any power to enforce such a proposal, but I'm
making an earnest plea. I believe that the recent rash of anonymous
postings contributes to a sense that we can say whatever we like about
people--taunt them, vilify them, excoriate them--without any personal
consequence. It's a kind of poison pen letter, but with the extra thrill
of many spectators. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>We *can* have conversation here that is both civil and heated, intense
and 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
conversation to matters of public interest.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Melynda Huskey<BR><BR></DIV><BR clear=all>
<HR>
Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : <A
href="http://explorer.msn.com">http://explorer.msn.com</A><BR>
<P></P>
<P>
<HR>
<P></P>_____________________________________________________<BR> List
services made available by First Step Internet, <BR> serving the
communities of the Palouse since 1994.
<BR>
http://www.fsr.net
<BR>
mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>