but one position at a time would make things clearer.
I reserve the right to change my mind often as I read persuasive posts.
It's like, in the middle of all this, I'm paranoid that you'll think I don't like poetry.
Buffy ,'Empty Places'
Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Laura - Feb 24, 2003 1:01:01 pm PST #5193 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Kat - Feb 24, 2003 1:01:58 pm PST #5194 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Apologies, schmoker, I misunderstood or misread. I am still against it. The thought of having to participate in a discussion and then write a position paper on it for another thread is no more appealling than the idea of quelling discussion at all.
Anathema - Feb 24, 2003 1:03:20 pm PST #5195 of 10001
Jonathan Will Always Be My Hero
It's cool, Kat. That I can understand. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't being turned into a book burner. :)
brenda m - Feb 24, 2003 1:04:40 pm PST #5196 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
It seems that few people online at the moment are in favor of that, and that's totally cool. Majority rules. I agree. But I did want to make sure that no one here thinks I am even remotely suggesting that discussion be abridged or restricted.
No, I get what you're saying now. But I still think it's redundant and likely to become frustrating.
bon bon - Feb 24, 2003 1:06:37 pm PST #5197 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Hopefully, the fact that there's a consequent voting process will mean that there won't be a lot of duplicative posts. There doesn't need to be "wrod"s or "I agree" or needless arguing with one person because we're not looking for consensus; it should really just be about persuasion and amplification.
Kat - Feb 24, 2003 1:10:32 pm PST #5198 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
it should really just be about persuasion and amplification.
If this is the case, then is a full week necessary? Or, put differently, what time limit should there be on discussion?
bon bon - Feb 24, 2003 1:13:52 pm PST #5199 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I agree the full week is too much. I understand it's for people who might miss those days, but that only works if that person or more would change the outcome of the vote. It's not like among us we don't usually cover all the bases, so...
Jesse - Feb 24, 2003 1:15:26 pm PST #5200 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
THREE DAYS! THREE DAYS! THREE DAYS!
(That's a cheer, not yelling at you nice people.)
And I wouldn't say three business days, either -- three calendar days should do it, if at least one of those days is a week day and one of those days is a weekend day.
bon bon - Feb 24, 2003 1:15:39 pm PST #5201 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Actually, do we really need a hard-and-fast time rule for arguing at the outset? We're not using the thread, as I understand it, to get everyone's consensus, just to present all the positions on the topic and refine it. We might be able to tell when that phase is over.
Kat - Feb 24, 2003 1:20:19 pm PST #5202 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Well, we'd need to know when to close it? Or, Shawn, are you thinking, whoever proposes it says, "I'm proposing this. I'd like to talk about it for X number of days and then vote" with X being no less than 2 or 3?
Speaker of the house! I'll assign the amount of time spent. I'll be Speaker.
Giddy at the inherent lesson in Civics this could be!