Let's just calm down a bit. We are trying to be constructive here. I guess
some people on this list are questioning the true aspirations of FoW, what
with self-promotion flying around like nobody's business. But whether or not
this questioning is justified, there are many here who could put their
brains together to make much more than the sum of their parts. It would be a
pity to throw it away. I can understand that Matthew Iredale resents being
call 'some fool'. Nobody would like that - of course they wouldn't. But I
can also understand Wilfred's resentment of authoritative control on a list
that purports to be about generating a revolution i academic thinking. To
those, even if they believe their views can, within ann old-fashioned mould,
be a part of a revolution, who want to keep things as they used to be -
structured, conformal, respectful of long-standing authority, entirely sober
- I'm afraid I have to report that things really are changing, quite
dramtically. You won't last long if you don't recognise that.
A splinter group led by someone like Wilfred has already got, just at a
guess, Roger, Cheryl, Bob and perhaps even myself as core members....
Tom
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