Re: Civil Conversation

2003-12-12 Thread Artur Ferreira da Silva
At 16:06 12-12-2003 -0500, Harrison Owen wrote: And a further interesting point. As near as I can figure out, every single respondent to my thoughts here has come from some place OTHER than the USA. What does that tell you? That's an interesting question. But I would like to know the answers f

** Things I have learned!**

2003-12-12 Thread Peter & Sharon Scoffings
The Subject: Things I have learned! I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these four things: a rainy day lost luggage

Re: Civil Conversation

2003-12-12 Thread Julie Denny
In a message dated 12/12/2003 6:53:44 PM Eastern Standard Time, artsi...@mail.eunet.pt writes: But, if I was living in America, I would probably think that this is not a good time to talk, as I would be accused of "preventing the combat to terrorism", "threatening our soldiers" and to be a "sociali

Re: Civil Conversation

2003-12-12 Thread Bernd Weber
Dear Kerry, good idea, but I doubt, that Gabrielas software or a similar format can deal with more than 50 participants and/or 20 passions/themes. What do you think Gabriela? Greetings from Maputo/Mosambik, where I have actually an assignment in the context of the Public Sector Reform, unfortun

Re: Civil Conversation

2003-12-12 Thread Harrison Owen
Julie Said: "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore?!" Julie Denny President OK Julie - Now what? ho -Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Julie Denny Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 5:44 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.e

Re: Civil Conversation

2003-12-12 Thread Julie Denny
Kerry et al: I, who AM still in the US, actually love this idea. It happened in our small town and it all started with an OS on "The Future of Amenia." When the current elected officials ignored the outcomes, a new party was formed, "Imagine Amenia." They subsequently swept the elections. Of cours

Re: Civil Conversation

2003-12-12 Thread Julie Denny
In a message dated 12/12/2003 4:07:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, hho...@comcast.net writes: And a further interesting point. As near as I can figure out, every single respondent to my thoughts here has come from some place OTHER than the USA. What does that tell you? Harrison "I'm mad as hell and I

Civil Conversation

2003-12-12 Thread kerry napuk
Harrison Thanks for raising the possibility of open space in politics. As the process is one of the closest things we will ever see to participatory democracy, it should have a natural application to politics. However, there are a few big barriers to such an application - politicians and politi

Re: Civil Conversation

2003-12-12 Thread Harrison Owen
Kerry Wrote: "As the process is one of the closest things we will ever see to participatory democracy, it should have a natural application to politics. However, there are a few big barriers to such an application - politicians and politics. Politicos love to play power games and are driven by m

Poetry Contest Winner and Poems

2003-12-12 Thread Joelle Lyons Everett
Friends-- The winner of the November, 2003 Open Space Poetry Contest is Florian Fischer. Florian is now our Poet Laureate for the next six months, with the responsibility to organize the next contest, in six months, and to support the writing and reading of poetry in any way he sees fit. Congra

AW: An opportunity for Civil Conversation

2003-12-12 Thread Visuelle Protokolle
Artur wrote: PS: Anyhow I agree with Bush that France, Germany and Russia should not be included in the "reconstruction of IRAK". After all, if they have not helped in the destruction in the first place, why should they be allowed to profit from the reconstruction? If you see the deconstruction o

Re: Address Change

2003-12-12 Thread Florian Fischer
Am 10.12.2003 23:37 Uhr schrieb "Fr Brian S Bainbridge" unter : > Dear Florian > Thanks for the note about address change. > What does "begleitung" mean when it is translated into English, I > wonder. Even from Andalusia. > Cheers and blessings from Melbourne summer. BRIAN dear brian, thank y

Re: virus musings

2003-12-12 Thread Linda E. Laddin
No, I'm not getting the fake Microsoft spam, but plenty of others. My sanity has been restored, however, by using Norton AntiSpam software, which puts all the spam in its own folder for me to check for non-spam before deleting the lot. What a relief! Cheers, Linda Linda E. Laddin Wise Resou

Re: An opportunity for Civil Conversation

2003-12-12 Thread Avner Haramati
An open space party sounds promising Alex. Actually I am invited to a kick off of a new political party in Israel next month, in open space. I am keeping your message and others when they come for implementation. Avner Haramati Jerusalem - Original Message - From: "Alexander Kjerulf" To:

Re: butterflies and bumblebees

2003-12-12 Thread Chris Corrigan
I was waiting on this question to see who would answer it, and by God, I got some new language to use. Thanks Marei. At the Practice of Peace conference last month, I ran into Harrison one morning and said to him out of the blue, "You know if there is one thing I think is an absolute gift abo

Re: An opportunity for Civil Conversation

2003-12-12 Thread Chris Corrigan
Having recently met Alex, if there is anyone in Denmark who will properly redefine "party" it is Mr. Kjerulf. Party on! Chris --- CHRIS CORRIGAN Bowen Island, BC, Canada http://www.chriscorrigan.com ch...@chriscorrigan.com (604) 947-9236 > -Original Message- > From: OSLIST [mailto