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