[WikiEN-l] Bureaucrats decide!

[Tony Sidaway]

On 4/13/07, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86 at comcast.net> wrote:
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> >> on 4/11/07 4:33 PM, Christopher G. Parham at cparham at fas.harvard.edu wrote:
> >>
> >>> Perhaps if people are made to feel their opinions are worthless, they
> >>> will respond by developing opinions that are less subject to that
> >>> characterization. People whose contributions to the process are not
> >>> reasonable and thoughtful damage the process by their participation, and
> >>> coddling them by insisting on equal valuation of their opinions is
> >>> counterproductive.
> >>
>  On 4/11/07, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86 at comcast.net> wrote:
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> >> HOLY HELL! ARE YOU SERIOUS!!?!!
> >
> on 4/13/07 8:05 AM, Tony Sidaway at tonysidaway at gmail.com wrote:
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> > Gosh, I certainly hope so!
>
> Tony,
>
> If I interpreted your response correctly, my question is this:
>
> Are you in favor of making people feel their opinions are worthless?
>

If their opinions are worthless, and as a result of this they
recognise this and develop more persuasive, reasonable opinions, I'd
say that this is pretty much the process that you and I go through
every day.  It's beneficial and leads to improved thought and dialog.
I am in favor of this.