There is often a tone in your posts Michael that gives me the impression you are overbearing and dismissive of opinions other than your own. Is it intention on your part to be unkind?
>From: Michael Herman <mher...@globalchicago.net> >Reply-To: OSLIST <osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu> >To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu >Subject: Re: Open Space / Open List / The Public Domain >Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 21:24:07 -0600 > >re: delete... > >it must be technically possible, i suppose, to delete all of one >person's postings. but it would diminish us all. and it would never >be >able to flush out all the quotings of those messages. as we have had >all >these years of service for the grand total of $0.00, thanks to >murli's >good vision and good gifting, i wouldn't want to go back and make >any >more trouble than we have to. of course, there is always passion >bounded >by responsibility: you all have a delete button in front of you now! >use >it as you need to... it's the law of "one click and it's private >forever" <grin> thanks, m > > > > >Therese Fitzpatrick wrote: > >>I think of my online list serv communications on a par with verbal >>communication. Things I post online are akin, in my thinking, to >>things I >>say with my voice in face to face conversations. I do not control >>my >>words >>once they are verbalized and I do not control my thoughts/ideas >>once they >>are posted. We can come up with many structures to attempt to >>control how >>our ideas/words/thoughts are interpreted by another. . . but no >>matter >>what >>structures we adopt, the mercurial quicksilver reality of ideas >>will >>remain >>ephemeral. Even if we privatize the archives of this list, >>something I do >>not think we should do, we will not control the combustion of >>thinking or >>the context of another person's use of our ideas. I don't quite >>think of >>open space as a technology. . . I think of it as an explanation for >>how >>things actually work, as opposed to the illusion that form and >>structure >>could control the nature of reality. If open space is a good >>explanation of >>how things work then efforts to privatize thinking is, in the very >>big >>picture, and in my humble opinion(IMHO), absolutely futile. >> >>Given my beliefs about the nature of reality and the relativity of >>time and >>space, I don't think it matters if the archives for this list are >>open or >>closed BUT I have a suggestion. Would it be possible to give people >>the >>ability to delete their posts? A delete function might give people >>a >>different sense of safety on this list. . . and such a function >>would be, >>IMHO, akin to the law of two feet. >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar get it now! >>http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ >> >>* >>* >>========================================================== >>osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu >>------------------------------ >>To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, >>view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, >>Visit: >> >>http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html >> > >-- > >Michael Herman >Michael Herman Associates >300 West North Avenue #1105 >Chicago IL 60610 USA >(312) 280-7838 > >http://www.michaelherman.com - consulting & publications >http://www.globalchicago.net - laboratory & playground >http://www.openspaceworld.org - worldwide open space > >...inviting organization into movement > >* >* >========================================================== >osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu >------------------------------ >To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, >view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, >Visit: > >http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html _________________________________________________________________ Free up your inbox with MSN Hotmail Extra Storage. Multiple plans available. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=hotmail/es2&ST=1/go/onm00200362ave/direct/01/ * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html