On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 6:21 PM, Bryan Baldwin wrote: > Which I've taken on board, if you'll excuse the metaphor. Mr. Bliss, Mr. > Gilbert, and Mr. Finney may not listen to it, but my exception wasn't > that some or any of them wanted to explain what _they_ thought to me. It > was the pernicious insistence on telling me what to think, how to think, > and that any thoughts other then their thoughts are confusion. Hence the > Orwellian references. There are four lights.
This is entirely wrong about the way I communicate. I will never attempt to stifle any particular viewpoint. Free will is simply too important. I am in fact a strong believer in diverse viewpoints. Even though I have very little tolerance of negativity, I will not seek to stifle it: I will simply ignore it. Ultimately, I think (at least toward myself) you are perceiving persuasive argument somehow as thought oppression. I would like to encourage you to spend a little more time attempting to fully understand the writer's viewpoint before quickly jumping to quite possibly wrong conclusions about their message. Best wishes, Mike _______________________________________________ Fsf-collab-discuss mailing list Fsf-collab-discuss@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/fsf-collab-discuss