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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rose--</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A very hearty welcome back to you...I am glad to
read your passionate prose on V2020 again....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regarding your post (below) about our resident
troll (Mr./Ms. No Weatherman), I think the solution is much more obvious than
attempting to moderate or renovate V2020. Let's just ignore the
troll. No responses to his/her incendiary and mean mud-bombs.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you feel like responding, don't. Just
count to ten and then send in a post on a different topic. Let's rebuild
the conversation.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks BL</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=donaldrose@cpcinternet.com
href="mailto:donaldrose@cpcinternet.com">Rosemary</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 04, 2008 8:39
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] A Weatherman
Indeed</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Visionaries:<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>The Weathermen aka The Weather Underground was a collection
of mostly white, mostly privileged, underemployed, arguably over-educated,
little brats who threw violent and disruptive tantrums to emphasize
their outrage at the imperialistic and militaristic actions of the federal
government. There was something singularly galling (not to mention
criminal) about the post-adolescent jackasses who so arrogantly declared war
on America, blew up some buildings (and a couple of their own members) and
eventually (predictably) settled into the comfortable, upper middle-class
lives they claimed to disdain. <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Now Vision 2020 has a Weatherman<SPAN
class=diccolor><I><SPAN lang=LA> doppelgänge</SPAN></I></SPAN><SPAN
class=diccolor><I><SPAN lang=LA> </SPAN></I></SPAN><SPAN class=diccolor>of its
very own - s</SPAN>elf important, parochially brainwashed, rude as only the
self-entitled can be, disruptive, threatening, and unquestionably a
jackass. Bill Ayers apparently offered the justification for the
extraordinarily intrusive behavior of No Weatherman while concurrently serving
as a role model. <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>For all Ayers’ faults - and they are numerous - Bill
Ayers appears to live – at least at this point – in the real world. Trolls
like No Weatherman inhabit the land of Magical Thinking – where their coercive
and obsessive monopolization of conversation is a futile attempt to fill the
chasm that marks the boundary between maturity and immaturity, gravitas and a
pathetically prolonged adolescence, mental health and emotional fragility, a
sense of being grounded in the community and the wild flaying of an untethered
ego. Are his pompous pronouncements irritating as hell? You
betcha. Are his piddling pretensions of educating 2020
readers insulting and limited in intellectual scope? You betcha.
He is a sad and sorry piece of work. You definitely betcha.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>No Weatherman’s conversational style is reminiscent of a
shrieking child in the candy aisle demanding (and getting) a bag of Skittles
to shut him up. One can’t help noticing the little monster and drawing
some pretty plain conclusions about the adults in charge of him.
Similarly, perhaps it is time to revisit the goals and ground rules of V2020.
If the intention of the founders was to encourage a free flowing, un-moderated
community conversation it appears to be a failed strategy, or perhaps it
succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. However, when an anonymous bully
is allowed, indeed encouraged because of the lack of enforced guidelines
- to dominate the conversation and threaten other posters the antithesis of
communication has been achieved. No pragmatist is surprised when a
utopian concept is hijacked. Perhaps it’s time for a realistic reappraisal of
what does or does not contribute to a successful community chat group.
And, it is to be hoped, we will soon enjoy the implementation of a
structure that actually invites diverse and respectful
participation.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Rose Huskey<o:p></o:p></P>
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