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Re: GG:Flame Warning
Robert said:
>[...] I also think he would have
>abhorred the way the 'net has in some ways contributed to a culture of
>aggressive rudeness. I am sure he would be pleased to think that his
>listserve was distinguished by the civility of its discourse.
Absolutely agree. I know I was one of the (misguided) people who responded
to the original post -- though in a *fairly* constructive spirit, I hope. I
said then that I dislike all forms of absolutism -- an attitude to
discourse which is pretty prevalent on the Net, unfortunately. Robert is
right: we can manage a higher level discourse than that and owe it to Gould
-- and, indeed, to each other -- to do just that.
Regards to all, Alun
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