Re: Farber on self-governance

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

Did you notice the :-) I meant it

At 14:06 98/06/17 +0200, Dave Crocker wrote:
>At 07:42 AM 6/17/98 -0400, Dave Farber wrote:
>>Since I have no idea what has been sent prior to Daves nasty message :-)
>
>Dave, my note was strident, yes, but characterizing it as 'nasty'
>encourages diving right back into the quantity of ad hominem attacks that
>have so dominated this topic.  There is nothing nasty in my saying that I
>think you don't understand or your saying that you think I don't
>understand.  If we attacked each other's motives or basic competencies,
>that would be different.  
>
>If you are going to try to discount my comments, please attend to the
>content rather than use an emotional and hostile wave of the hand.
>
>I will freely acknowledge that I am espousing a particularly strong opinion
>from a particular "extreme" position in the space of current discussion.
>However the note in question does not dive into individual or
>organizational personalities, although there is a different line of
>discussion about Tony Rutkowski's and NSI's peculiar efforts with the
>so-called GIAW in which I very much DO consider such issues.  But not the
>note you characterized.
>
>Since you have been forceful in indicating a desire for conciliatory tone,
>your cause it not helped by using such language.
>
>At 07:38 AM 6/17/98 -0400, Dave Farber wrote:
>>I am not fighting any process except the chaos that appears to be happening
>>and WHAT is my group????
>
>I suspect that the ever-entertaining Bob A. meant Dave, me, rather than
>Dave, you.
>
>d/
>
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