[Alumni-chat] Inclusion?

[john_hevelin (bwotte at rexx.com)]

>I'm up for allowing everyone on the forum. I'm also liking the fact that the two forums are bridged, though it can sometimes be a pain in the ass.
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>Jane Slater
>Mean Troll
>Class of '80
I agree.

There are folks whose postings I no longer read because they are devoid of meaningful content.  There are other folks with whom I violently disagree but who I read because they raise issues (real or imagined) that need to be confronted.  By their fruits shall ye know them (Matthew 7:20).

We're in a battle to win hearts and minds, to raise consciousness.  Gotta have dialogue to do that.  Don't feed the trolls, but don't stomp the sightseers, either.  Rome wasn't burned in a day, consciousness wasn't raised in a single post.  The evolutionary road is long and hard.

John Hevelin '68