[Durham INC] **INC War Funding & Gay Marriage Resolutions**

[Free Spirit]

Just  popped in for a few minutes to see what all the fuss was about.  I
wanted to clarify one small point:

 

"Can we discuss national politics on neighborhood listservs? Of course, but
you rarely see much of that. There is no one standing guard over
neighborhood listservs and forbidding discussions of any kind."

 

It is my understanding that political discussions are indeed verboten on
some neighborhood listservs and that there are indeed moderators who stand
guard over some of them.  Perhaps irrelevant to the current discussion, but
there you have it.

 

With regard to the current discussion, if I had a vote, which I don't, I
would without a moment's hesitation vote to keep INC focused strictly on
local matters.  Really, why would INC want to waste it's time on a total
redundancy?  It's not like there's this big hole in the internet where a
gazillion blogs, listservs, and forums discussing national politics ought to
be.  Nor will I entertain the notion that there is anyone in Durham who is
connected to the internet and remotely interested in national politics who
is not privy to these discussions.  Repeating them here would reach no one
new, nor give them any new insights on national issues, in my firm opinion.

 

I agree that INC would be well served by adopting a policy on the selection
of issues for discussion.  And the sooner, the better, sounds like.

 

Julie Omohundro

Durham, North Carolina

freespirit0623 at earthlink.net

 

 

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