[EM] Diversity of opinion is the key.

[Donald E Davison]

Greetings List,

John W Sarette wrote:

"Diversity of opinion is the key. If you delete people whose ideas you
think have no merit, you will not have any ideas on your list except
yours, and in that sterile environment, your ideas will wither and die."


Dear John,

     Thank you for your comments. They are worth repeating and should be
ingrained in the minds of all persons.

Thank you again,
Donald

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Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 15:54:23 -0600
From: john w sarette <j2saret at juno.com>
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Diversity of opinion is the key if you delete people whose ideas you
think have no merit, you will not have any ideas on your list except
yours and in that sterile environment, your ideas will wither and die.

On Thu, 18 Mar 1999 10:49:41 -0500 donald at mich.com (Donald E Davison)
writes:
>  ------------ Forwarded Letter --------------
>From: "Steve Eppley" <SEppley at alumni.caltech.edu>
>To: election-methods-list at eskimo.com
>Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 17:01:21 -0800
>Subject: Re: Condorcet is Cute
>
>Rob Lanphier wrote:
>-snip-
>>
>> I'd appreciate input from other members of this list as to whether
>I
>> should take Donald off of the list.
>-snip-
>
>I endorse Rob's opinion that Donald is a turkey who almost never
>writes anything of value.  Perhaps an appropriate action would be to
>accumulate a list of people who concur, to be periodically posted
>along with instructions on how his messages can be automatically
>filtered out by the email software of anyone who doesn't want to
>receive his messages.
>
>I've had similar musings about whether I should take some action in
>the elections-reform (ER) maillist, since I have some power as its
>"list owner."  Since so many internet sites offer free maillists,
>Donald could easily set up his own maillist for anyone who wants to
>receive his posts.  I'd be willing to periodically post a message
>announcing the existence of his maillist, so new ER subscribers can
>find it.
>
>
>---Steve     (Steve Eppley    seppley at alumni.caltech.edu)
>
>
>

j2saret at usa.net

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