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At 08:46 AM 8/3/2002 -0400, Didier PH Martin wrote:
>Please dear fellow colleague, I would prefer to read less political
>brain damaging arguments and would prefer to read more constructive
>thinking. Polarization like we're the best and they are the evils leads
>to destructive behavior and does not help build this world doesn't it?.
At some point polarization is necessary. Constantly aiming for consensus
and insisting that all conversation lead to consensus is an excellent way
to stifle diversity by keeping genuinely conflicting viewpoints from
surfacing. There's a lot of nastiness in the XML technologies at this
point, and I believe the conversation should reflect the technology.
If there's a genuine conflict - and I believe there are many at this point
- I think it's far better to air them (and strongly) than to leave them
festering. It may in fact be time for division into smaller groups where
consensus is achievable, but I think we need to find out what those groups
are before we can find our way into them.
Simon St.Laurent
"Every day in every way I'm getting better and better." - Emile Coue
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