Posted by mair on March 20, 2003, at 17:33:10
In reply to Re: I cast a vote of no confidence for Dr. Bob » stjames, posted by Dinah on March 20, 2003, at 12:59:33
>" Why does everyone assume the worst of everybody?"
>
I totally agree with this sentiment and get very impatient with the tendency here to presuppose the motives (always seemingly bad) of another, be they Bob's or George Bush's or another poster's. However, maybe something went right over my head, but it seem to me that this is precisely what Bob did to Jay - assumed that he was using an I statement to disguise a you statement. I thought Jay was making a sincere effort to say things in a civil way, within the guidelines as he understood them - show's what I know!I feel rather bad about this since I started the thread. My anguish about the war is/was genuine. It affects us all on some level - and yes, I do buy into the global citizen argument - so I do mean all of us, Americans and non-Americans alike. But I only wanted to express my own distress- I didn't want to stir up a firestorm, certainly not one which would spill over to admin.
I do think Bob's got to allow us some legitimate leeway to talk about this war. I'm sure some of us know people over there. I can't claim that kind of connection, but my teenage son is supposed to get on a plane and fly to France in about 3 weeks and this war has made what once seemed to be a wonderful opportunity to be possibly a very bad idea. So this war is providing me with things I can worry about as a citizen and things I worry about as a mother.
Mair
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