I'm sorry I didn't open and forward this earlier -- the mail is piling up.
Mairead
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Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 19:07:38 -0700 (PDT)
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To: Mairead Byrne <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Fwd: Unenlisted
Mairead,
Could you forward this for me please? Owing to my current unenlisted status
I cannot post it myself.
Cassie
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> Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 18:20:19 -0700 (PDT)
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> Subject: Unenlisted
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> Dear poetryetc,
>
>
> Just a note to let you know I'm taking a sabbatical from this discussion
> forum.
>
> With regard to the Plath discussion, I would like to venture an
observation.
> A discussion is a conversation, and generally involves mutual listening.
A
> debate, however (I think that's what the Plath 'discussion' was) is hard
to
> win if there are no rules. And in my mind nullified if there is also no
> adjudicator. And practically irrelevant if there are no correct answers
> anyhow- a game with no rules and no purpose, other than develop political
> fitness in players.
>
> Regarding my own comments- my initial agreement with 'against' and my
later
> shift over to the 'for' Plath camp- I think the ability to change aspects
> one's stance when convinced by another person is one of the hallmarks of
a
> conversation, which is what I naively thought we were having.
>
> For myself, the best lesson the Plath debate held, was that if one
crosses
> between sets of barricades mid-battle, one is likely to get shot.
>
> A valuable lesson indeed. Much better to stay home and watch the war on
TV.
>
> Feel free to write to me off the record, which is where I am.
>
>
> Back soon.
>
>
> Cassie
>
>
>
>
>
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