I have no problems with me being thrown out! If enough people hurl stones at me, I will go away from community involvement. I will find something else to be involved in.
Because the general public is not speaking out thinking it will lead to confrontation or they will lose a few friends, a few naysayers are controlling the community and taking it into the past. Jugal > Now, now, Jugal :-)! > > > No need to throw anyone out, yet. I hope anyway. Because the moment we > attrempt to throw anyone out of the small community, we get into real > trouble. I can't imagine how YOU could propose to throw out the > dissenter/s Jugal. Or for that matter me. Aren't WE, you, I, some of the > perennial and most insufferable of dissenters? But I won't like to be > THROWN OUT. I yearn to be an insider, to be liked, to be accepted. Its > just that my finger types out stuff that I can't control, and keeps me > out in the cold. > > I wouldn't wish to see YOU thrown out either, just because you are in > the minority. > > Confrontation has more than one dimension. Some confrontations are > necessary. They are the ones founded on principles. But there are > confrontations that are quite un-necessary. They have nothing to do with > principles or ideology. The two do not hold the same stature. > > > I didn't get the comment on the leadership point. Maybe I missed the > context here. > > Peace brother! > > :-) :-) :-) > > > > > > > > > > At 2:14 PM -0600 8/18/03, J Kalita wrote: >>This is a call to those who profess non-participation >>and non-confrontation. >> >>I don't agree with the idea of non-solution by non-participation. >> Participate and throw out those who don't want to work together if that >> is your goal. >> >>Leadership? You can be the leader! >> >>Jugal >> >>> >>> Hello Chandan da: >>> >>> I too agree and have always been advocating for this for a long time. >>> In >>> fact, one of the reasons, for simple folks like us not aligned with >>> any >>> one of the organizations is that we have far too many affiliations >>> floating around. >>> >>> You do state good some reasons, but I kind of like what I think Jugal >>> was referring to: ie: These organizations have done a lot of good >>> things in the past - and now its time for them to go. >>> >>> In the past, whenever I have broached this with some of our leaders - >>> the response has always been - "we are getting there - all this >>> takes time" etc, etc. However, I suspect that this is the same sort >>> of tripe that we have been dished out for the last so many years. >>> >>> I would hazard a suggestion: We have only one organization, and have >>> a number of wings to this, each dealing with Charity, Annual >>> Conventions/Conferences, Publicity, etc, etc. I am sure someone has >>> already suggested something like this. >>> >>> This has an added value in making sure that many more people could >>> contribute to the unity (and strengthening). I am sure you already >>> see the flaws here - feel free to point them out. >>> >>> regards, >>> Ram Sarangapani >>> >>> _________________________________________________________________ >>> Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* >>> http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Assam mailing list >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Assam mailing list >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam
