[governance] Final composition of the CSTD Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation
David Allen
David_Allen_AB63 at post.harvard.edu
Sun Mar 31 11:08:57 EDT 2013
Before any logic to justify - civility looks, I think, to renounce ad
hominem, even to apologize for what got perilously close.
(And most certainly, no individual is the arbiter of what is "in the
[b]est interests of the caucus.")
David
On Mar 30, 2013, at 8:47 PM:
> Civil discourse ideally needs a response on the same lines, not
> unmodified tactics that others too have noted as an adversarial form
> of debate.
>
> In such cases there are only two alternatives left, completely
> disengage, which would involve leaving those views unchallenged and
> that'd not be in the est interests of the caucus, or oppose them
> further, which sets up the sort of vicious cycle that you noted.
>
> On 30-Mar-2013, at 22:36, David Allen <David_Allen_AB63 at post.harvard.edu
> > wrote:
>
>> On Mar 30, 2013, at 8:36 AM:
>>
>>> ... it may be wise to reconsider submitting parminder name as the
>>> caucus rep for this or any other future process
>>
>> This is one person's view. Others will have a very different take.
>>
>>
>> More generally - instead of verbal stones hurled back and forth,
>> useful discussion turns on finding common questions where there
>> will be civil discourse about differences. As has been noted, that
>> has been in short supply. Coordinators please note.
>>
>> David
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