On 9/18/07, Daniel R. Tobias dan@tobias.name wrote:
Saying that NPA is a "fundamental policy" is like saying that a law
against selling liquor on Sunday is a basic U.S. constitutional principle alongside freedom of speech, and can't be modified by the legislature or referendum; that's simply false. NPA is a policy adopted by consensus; it can be modified, reinterpreted, tweaked, altered, limited, expanded, or even abolished by consensus, so long as the actual foundation issues aren't impacted.
I agree with you, Dan. NPA is a principal, and code of conduct, adopted and followed by an individual. This individual is a part of a community that adopts this principal and code as an ethic - which is a part of what defines that community. That community can change it. But an important part of its identity changes with it.
Marc Riddell