Socially and Ecologically Responsible Agriculture Network

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Lawrence,

On 11/23/2010 10:24 AM, seranet-request AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:
>     1. Hello from Venaura Farm, oermaculture site and sustainable market 
> gardens
>        (Socially and Ecologically Responsible Agriculture Network)
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>
> "Let the people and government respect the rights of others. Among individuals as 
> among nations, respect for the rights of others brings peace."
>
> I really like these statements. It applies perfectly to the times we are in 
> now and speaks volumes.
>
> Advice as good today as it was then.

Certainly I agree: well said. It's an important point.

But quite frankly, and do forgive me for mentioning it, since I've 
been the victim of your not respecting my rights-- you terminated my 
membership in another ibiblio forum for the apparent crime of quite 
calmly and rather politely disagreeing with you about SeedSavers, if 
you recall-- I find your comments fairly ironic.

I assume if you moderate this forum as well that this message will not 
show up, and/or that after it does, I will no longer be subscribed to it.

So be it. I will accept that as the price of speaking truth to power, 
although it's a pretty small truth and after all it's not really much 
power. And alternatively, by the way, because right's right and 
wrong's wrong, if you moderate the forum and neither of those things 
occurs, then I will apologize for my incorrect assumption. Are you the 
moderator?

To any others listening, my apologies for mentioning the issue-- after 
all, it might easily be seen as a personal matter-- but I and new to 
the list and want to find out early on what the ground rules are. In 
my view, if I cannot speak in a manner that balances the requisites of 
frank discussion with truthfulness and respect, there's no point in my 
being here.


d.
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