To all on the list-
I'd like to thank Larry London for not filtering out this exchange
between Shivani and Killian.
I think a number of points come out for me.
1- I think Killian used some angry and judgment language reacting to
Shivani
(this is regardless of where I stand on seeds).
2- Shivani is demonstrating that a number of folks would like the
permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org list (how many subscribers are there?)
to have a moderation that is perceived to be less arbitrary.
3- I think folks would like more of a "sensible commons" approach to the
list because they feel it fits in with permaculture, which is about the
question, not just about what I should do about my quarter-acre of land;
but how 7 billion of us share this planet. We haven't mastered
"commons-ology", but many of us think an effort worth pursuing.
4- Moderating permaculture listservs is never easy. Discussion like this
have been pursued at length on the Portland, OR permaculture list.
5- I heard something perceptive from a permaculture teacher two years
ago.In his fifties, he'd been teaching permaculture for decades. He
pondered that the permaculture culture had been influenced by a famously
grumpy and curmudgeonly founder. It does seem to be that the younger
generation seems to be overcoming this syndrome.
I hope my two cents is helpful. I would like to see a sensibly moderated
commons.
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