RE: My Fears

From: Emlyn O'regan (oregan.emlyn@healthsolve.com.au)
Date: Tue Jun 03 2003 - 23:13:17 MDT

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    Do we still do post of the month? Well said, Phil.

    Emlyn

    Phil Osborn wrote:
    > The "salon" model is perhaps the closest to what is
    > workable and desirable. One of the things that one
    > expects to happen at a salon is that people will be
    > outrageous, sometimes to get attention, sometimes to
    > force consideration of an issue that gets shoved under
    > the table repeatedly. Such people can be laughed at,
    > ridiculed, humored, whatever. However, they serve at
    > least one useful purpose, regardless of the merits of
    > what they present to us: they demonstrate that there
    > is in fact an atmosphere of free inquiry. Without
    > that, the salon is just another fashion clique, and
    > any credibility is purely incidental.
    >
    > <more good stuff snipped>



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