----- Original Message ----- From: "Artur Silva" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 8:51 PM Subject: Re: Givens -- Again : some comments
> Thanks, for speaking up, Chris. > > > --- chris weaver <[email protected]> wrote: > > So, Artur, Harrison, et al: Does this hurt the > > event? Does this disrespect > > the people? > > No, I don't think it does and (if I understood well) > it is even an interesting way to make some previous > undiscussable ideas of the sponsor discussable. > > But, as you recall, my main point about "givens" has > always been the word itself. Who "gives" the "givens"? > It must be some sort of unquestionable authority. > Unless they would not be called "givens"... > > So, when you ask the sponsor "are there any givens?" > aren't you acccepting the command and control way? > Could't that be rephrased as, for instance, "are there > any ideas or conclusions that you consider > undiscussable in this meeting?" (and then proceed in > the same direction you explained). > > Artur > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > * > * > ========================================================== > [email protected] > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of [email protected]: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
