On Thu, 13 Nov 1997 [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Ric wrote:
> > A word of caution: I've seen whole
> >lists brought to their knees (figuratively speaking) by the process of
> >group-discussion...
>
> The list`s natural posture is down on one knee. Genuflexion
> is its business...
- er - sorry, didn't make myself clear: those lists which I refer to in a
knee-damaged situation are those which *talk about* group discussion,
rather than getting on with it. A malaise from which we are not immune.
> ... and it is only right that we should be unable to engage in
> any serious disputation, for that way schism lies.
- er - irony, am I right? I really hadn't noticed an inability to schism
in this list. I hope no-one else is mistaking the civility with which most
of the bizz is transacted for the cozy backroom chat Robin describes.
RC
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