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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Ellen, BJ, Janesta, Pat, et
al,<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
/><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Perhaps the idealized model of an
old time town hall meeting was the original inspiration for what Vision 2020
might be.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">In a town hall meeting citizens
get together to discuss various issues of concern to all and/or perhaps issues
of concern to a few.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Only <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">one</SPAN></B>
person is allowed to talk at a time.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue">Interruptions</SPAN></B> are not allowed.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">time
limit</SPAN></B> may be placed upon each speaker's initial presentation.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Speakers are expected to only make
statements <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue">relevant</SPAN></B> to the issue(s) under
consideration.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Further, not only is everyone
expected to be <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue">civil</SPAN></B> to each another, but certain topics are <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">"just not brought
up"</SPAN></B> like Aunt Emma's startling biliousness or Parson Doug's
surreptitious, hungry-eyed leerings at young boys and girls.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There is a chair of the meeting who <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue">enforces</SPAN></B> the rules and to some extent directs the
course of the discussion.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">I do not know if many real world
examples of that idealized model exist.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Public hearings on zoning matters
are supposed to incorporate that model.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Those that attended some of the recent meetings in Moscow over zoning
issues know that they do not meet the standards above:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Some speakers were allowed to greatly
exceed their time limits while the chair did not recognize others who wanted to
speak, the range of discussion subjects was restricted, there were rancorous
remarks made, irrelevant information was presented and discussed, and the chair
sometimes failed to control the meeting and failed to focus the discussion in
constructive directions.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Perhaps there is another model
which better describes what Vision 2020 is at present:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on">Hyde
Park</st1:place> or <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Pershing
Square</st1:address></st1:Street>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Various groups cluster around a particular speaker or a crowd which is
discussing a particular topic.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Some
of the intercourse is civil, some not.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The speaker is sometimes interrupted by cat calls.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Not only is the speaker's ancestry or
species membership sometimes questioned, but her/his knowledge and authority,
and sometimes surprisingly, whether what he/she is saying is true, relevant,
cogent, and comprehensive is also questioned.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">If you have ever been to places
like <st1:place w:st="on">Hyde Park</st1:place> or Pershing square, you know
that many of the groups center around crackpots.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>However, there are some
discussions that are informative, quasi-fact based, and well worth the
investment of time to listen and/or participate for at least a little
while.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Though both models described above
serve purposes, the purposes are not exactly the same:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">The town hall meeting generally
has a <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">definite
goal</SPAN></B> of bringing about official action by those in authority
attending the meeting or who otherwise will be informed of some of the things
which occurred at the meeting.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>At
these meetings the quasi-chaos of freewheeling expression is kept at a minimum
so that an orderly progression towards a solution of some kind is
possible.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">The <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Hyde Park/Pershing
Square</st1:address></st1:Street> types of interactions are basically <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">free wheeling
discussions</SPAN></B> which illustrate both the power and foibles of allowing
free expression.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Further,
participants in these interactions are not going to immediately enact laws, etc,
although some of the knowledge and points of view that emerge may later
influence official public actions.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Also:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There is little doubt
that <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Hyde Park/Pershing
Square</st1:address></st1:Street> type interactions provide for some of its
viewers/participants great entertainment.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">The price of following the town
hall model is that some kinds of fruitful expression of ideas do not occur.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Also, dialogue/short, back and forth
exchanges/cross examination is very difficult if not impossible to accommodate.
<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Hence, there is a probable loss of
useful information and a high probability that false information and even
outright lies will unquestionably accepted.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">A discussion at <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Pershing Square</st1:address></st1:Street> may
or may not produce anything of value.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>But, in my opinion and experience:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">[1]<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>What happens at <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Pershing Square</st1:address></st1:Street> is
the <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">epitome of
free expression</SPAN></B>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is
limited, if at all, only by libel, slander, and breach of peace laws.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Each participant can experience the rush
of feeling that comes with expressing and advocating their ideas, and also
experience other feelings when their ideas are questioned or their ideas and/or
their personhood are attacked.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">[2]<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>What happens at <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Pershing Square</st1:address></st1:Street> type
discussions also illustrates <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue">the astounding power of free expression</SPAN></B>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In my occupational experiences as a
systems engineer, what happens in the backrooms of many businesses and
organizations when important decisions are being made is much better described
as a <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Pershing
Square</st1:address></st1:Street> type interaction than a town hall
meeting.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Some believe that Vision
2020 discussions get too rancorous, and hence their value is negated.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Most Vision 2020 discussions are mild in
terms of personal attacks, use of "vile" language, and other verbal violence
when compared to some of the corporate/organizational discussions I have
witnessed, discussions which eventually led to the production of innovative,
sound businesses/organizational decisions of ontological organizational
importance.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">The English poet John Donne
wrote:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">"No man is an
island."<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Today, many see that sentence as
an early acknowledgement of the complex interconnectiveness of all things on
this planet and perhaps in the universe.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Though not affecting the Palouse with the same or great magnitude, many
things that happen elsewhere affect and influence in someway what happens on the
Palouse.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Thus, it would be hard to say of
any topic, that that topic is irrelevant to all local issues.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Hence, some might not see the relevance
of some postings to local issues, but some may, and further find those postings
useful and informative.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Example:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There was a posting
yesterday of the use of religion by both sides in WalMart controversies.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If you saw the email header or even read
the article and thought "What does this have to do with <st1:City
w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City>?", just watch what happens when various factions
begin discussing with heat the no longer secret proposal of a WalMart superstore
in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">There is another important way
that Vision 2020 is like the <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">Pershing Square</st1:address></st1:Street> model.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A person can decide whether to listen to
and/or to participate in a particular discussion.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If they do not care for one discussion
or discussion topic, they can simply walk to another.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">On Vision 2020 such choices are
much less energy consuming:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>With
the expenditure of less than 1/8 calorie and less than two seconds, the delete
key may be effectively used and may even bring some a great pleasurable rush
associated with the power of preemptively dismissing a particular poster or
poster.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Suppose you were to go to
<st1:place w:st="on">Hyde Park</st1:place> and after a brief listen, decide on
several occasions to move on from some group or other to another group more to
your tastes/interests.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">Would you then
advocate that those groups whose subjects or whose manner of expression you did
not like be banned from speaking at all in Hyde
Park?</SPAN></B><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">I hope not.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Accordingly, I hope that those who
advocate freedom of expression and tolerance of the expression of opinions do
not try to limit the expression of opinion or the topics/modes of expression
that occur on Vision 2020 that are not to their
tastes/interests.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">We are extremely fortunate to live
in a country where free of expression is minimally curtailed.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We live in an area where First Step
Internet has generously provided a forum where free of expression can not only
thrive but can help birth and/or help shape ideas which have impact on Moscow
and elsewhere on the Palouse.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Some subjects are complex and are
related to other complex subjects.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Sometimes there are many facets to what appears at first glance to be a
very simple subject.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Hence, the
posts on some subjects may be much longer and generate a series of longer
complicated posts.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We cannot expect
Mark Solomon or Phil Nisbet, for example, to argue for a particular
hydro-geological position in a few short sentences or paragraphs.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Some subjects are open to shorter, more
dialogue-like interchanges; however, the total number of words generated by a
series of short exchanges may exceed those generated by a few longer
posts.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">There is the question of <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue">bandwidth</SPAN></B>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Some long posts or those in HTML, XML, etc, especially those with
graphics may strain some participants' bandwidth
capabilities.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">There are solutions for this
problem.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For one, some email
programs allow the user to download at first only a little bit of information
about a particular email including the sender, the subject, and the <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">size</SPAN></B>
of the email.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Using that
information, <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue">the user can decide</SPAN></B> whether to download the
entire email.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Also, a post may be
downloaded in plaintext from Vision 2020 Archives to avoid the bandwidth burden
of downloading a HTML file.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Perhaps for some people this
posting fuss is about something else, something that is analogous to and
illustrated by the following definition by H.L. Mencken:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Puritanism:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>The haunting fear that someone,
somewhere, may be happy.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">I suspect that some people's
objection to the subject and/or length of some Vision 2020 posts is rooted in
their fear of what might be said in those posts, and that other some people may
take these objectionable things seriously and learn from them.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I also suspect that these people greatly
fear that some thoroughly enjoy the entertainment value of certain Vision 2020
posts, vituperative or not.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">For those who believe in freedom
of expression as a fundamental right and a bountiful source of ideas, and also
believe in tolerating other opinions, at least to the extent of allowing them to
be expressed, it would seem inimical to try to limit the topic, size, number,
and/or content (outside of intentional, knowing libel) of Vision 2020
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">For those people that wish to
impose such limits, those readers who have courageously and laboriously read
this far can decide for themselves whether such people really understand and
cherish the freedom of expression and its fruits we (thankfully to all who have
sacrificed protecting this freedom) enjoy as Americans.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><BR>Wayne A. Fox<BR>1009 Karen
Lane<BR>PO Box 9421<BR>Moscow, ID 83843</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">(208) 882-7975<BR><A
href="mailto:waf@moscow.com">waf@moscow.com</A><BR></o:p></SPAN></P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>