Posted by verne on December 8, 2006, at 21:34:39
In reply to Lou's response to aspects of sunnyday's post, posted by Lou Pilder on December 8, 2006, at 20:01:14
To say that a discussion is *moot* doesn't suggest anything about an individual's "mootness".
As I understand it: further input may have been thought moot because the issue had already been decided by Dr. Bob. Or, just as plausible, Dr. Bob hadn't decided, also rendering further discussion moot. Or, perhaps, some facts were beyond discovery, rendering the discussion moot.
Here on the administration board many discussions go nowhere because further input from Dr Bob is required. If we can't arrive anywhere or solve anything, the discussion is moot. This doesn't mean participants are somehow invalid, bad problem-solvers, or moot.
This isn't so much a case of beating a dead horse but realizing that we were whipping the *wrong* dead horse.
verne
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