18-07-2006, 06:08 PM
Thanks Phil. Agrajet posted a respectful post with a legitimate concern from his perspective. Let's permit debate and discussion here without
getting defensive. People come to this site because they like the program. It needs no defense. If they have concerns it is unsually in the context
much broader enthusiasm and support. I've participated in these forums for something like a year, including some exciting and lively debates. Debate
and dissent (not elections, as some current world leaders seem to have confused) is the hallmark of democracy. let's keep the spirit. If someone
wants to start a "fan club" site where all we do is fawn over the program, that is a different matter. When i was growing up in the states in the
sixties the defenders of the status quo used to have an expression: America, love it or leave it! Even as a child I recognized that there is
something undemocratic about this notion that one couldn't ask about alternatives, "what ifs", or "how about..". Sadly we hear its equivalent all too
often from the current administration in the US. Let's keep our little corner of the universe free of this type of intolerance of dissent. Okay,
soapbox done.
getting defensive. People come to this site because they like the program. It needs no defense. If they have concerns it is unsually in the context
much broader enthusiasm and support. I've participated in these forums for something like a year, including some exciting and lively debates. Debate
and dissent (not elections, as some current world leaders seem to have confused) is the hallmark of democracy. let's keep the spirit. If someone
wants to start a "fan club" site where all we do is fawn over the program, that is a different matter. When i was growing up in the states in the
sixties the defenders of the status quo used to have an expression: America, love it or leave it! Even as a child I recognized that there is
something undemocratic about this notion that one couldn't ask about alternatives, "what ifs", or "how about..". Sadly we hear its equivalent all too
often from the current administration in the US. Let's keep our little corner of the universe free of this type of intolerance of dissent. Okay,
soapbox done.