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[Keith Johnson <keithdj@mindspring.com>]

Loren,
You echo my thoughts here. Thanks. I might add that growing one's own 
food is a profoundly political activity that places us squarely in 
relationship with the ultimate Teacher AND Healer...nature Herself.
K

Loren Davidson wrote:
> > My vote is to leave the political discussion on the list where it belongs.
> > I suggest that those who do not want it here may suffer from wounded 
> > volitions.
> > This is a serious, and common, wound that needs compassionate healing.
> > I came back to the US from Vietnam in 1970 with this wound.  I'm 
> > healing.  I'm grateful.
> >     
>
> With all due respect, you're projecting. And my interpretation of your words is that 
> you're assuming that there's something wrong with people who don't share your 
> particular views on politics on this list, something that "needs healing." 
> Personally, I find that perspective to be patronizing. If I bothered to work up some 
> energy over it, I'd be offended too. But I have better ways to invest my emotional 
> energy.
>
> Offended people who feel like they're being talked down to aren't going to be 
> very open to changing how they feel and act. If your purpose in posting 
> political (or any) material is to influence people's opinions and actions, 
> you might keep that in mind.
>
> Yours is not the only valid perspective, on our international list. Please 
> don't act as though it is.
>
> Also, as a style issue, my eyes glaze over when I see a long post that covers *many* 
> issues, some of them hot buttons, without really being organized or focused. I tune out 
> and hit delete, and it ain't because I "need healing" either.
>
> My perspective on *any* kind of discussion involving conflicting points of view is that 
> if the participants don't understand that everyone's perspective is valid *at least for 
> them*, the discussion is doomed to deteriorate into misunderstanding, resentment, and 
> attempts to exercise "power over."
>
> Give everyone else the same basic respect that you want for yourself.
> Loren
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