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I agree with this point. Which is why I encourage you all to attend
next week's Vision 2020 pot luck!
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One working rule of posting should be: Don't say anything that you
wouldn't say if the person were standing in front of you. (Not that I
myself always follow this rule, by the way. But I should.)<br>--<br>
Joe Campbell<br><br>---- Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 yahoo.com="#DEFAULT">
wrote:<br><br>=============<br>OK Joe, I have to agree with you on that
posting. : )<br>But I still maintain that the Internet makes it harder
to be civilized because you lose the body language, intonation, and
attitude of a person that you get when speaking in person. Internet is
good for content, horrible for understanding people.<br><br>Take Care,<br><br>
_DJA<br><br><br><br>joekc@adelphia.net wrote: This will be my last post for
the day. I've GREATLY exceded the allowable number! I find all this
stuff so dang interesting it is hard to resist!<br>I disagree with
both Donovan and Carl on this issue. With new technology, we can SEE
conflict and divisiveness more than ever before. But that doesn't mean
that there was less of it prior to the technology. Vision 2020 for
instance allows me to air my disagreements with Donovan, say, directly
and offers the best opportunity I can think of for allowing me a
chance to convince him otherwise. Moreover, part of teh reason that I
direct my comments toward Donovan is that I happen to share many of
the beliefs that he has. If our worldviews were completely different I
would not make any attempt to discourse with him. For instance, I've
spent much of the day arguing with Donovan over the Pledge but the
fact is I am just as much of a corny-ass patriot as Donovan is. If you
put us both in a room where the Pledge was being given, our behavior
would be indistinguishable. We would both stand proudly, hand over
heart, reciting the words we've known all our lives. I know I<br>would
be filled with emotion at the thought of being lucky enough to live in
a country as great as ours, and I'm sure Donovan would say the same
thing. I might often sound otherwise but I never loose sight of this
fact.<br>I do think that all of us can improve on our postings. We
could certainly try to direct our comments in a nicer, friendlier
tone. But we do need a forum with which to express our disagreements.
Vision 2020 is not perfect but it is the only such forum we happen to
have. Personally, I am very greatful for this opportunity.<br>--<br>
Joe Campbell<br><br>---- Donovan Arnold wrote:<br><br>=============<br>
Carl is right. Blogs and email forums do create conflict and
divisiveness. I find people on V2020, including myself, less
considerate and polite to others online, versus in person.<br><br>I
think it is in part because we do not see the person, often do not
know them, mistranslating their meaning, and/or get so caught up in
the argument/content and lose site of the human on the other end.<br><br>
I know many people on V2020, and none of you have horns and a tail. However,
just reading the content of some people, I would swear you could trace
their IP address directly to a dark tiny corner room on the bottom
floor of Hell.<br><br>Carl, or anyone else, it would be interesting to
see a study on the increase of divisiveness caused by blogs and ways
to counter them.<br><br>Take Care,<br><br>_DJA<br><br>Carl Westberg
wrote: I, after extensive research and cogitation that started about 4
minutes ago<br>and concluded just now, have determined that blogs are
responsible for much<br>of the divisiveness that comes with just about
anything that's discussed<br>anymore, from Wal-Mart to the pledge and
everything in between. With<br>approximately 4 million blogs being
born every 5 minutes, it's incredibly<br>easy to find those that
mirror your worldview, and assure you of your<br>absolute rightness in
your beliefs. I'm as guilty of it as anyone, hanging<br>out at
Commondreams, etc., while those with a right leaning penchant can<br>
visit theirs, and everything is pure black and white for us, with no
gray<br>areas to complicate matters. I know I'm correct in this,
because I just<br>found a blog that says I am.<br><br><br><br>Carl
Westberg Jr.<br><br><br>
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