[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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