I came into OWSNC with grave concerns about the consensus process and they were dramatically confirmed at the last meeting. Or, perhaps I saw what I expected to see because I expected to see it, either way I simply choose not to invest my scarce time in a process that I believe in successive generations will slowly limit diversity of opinion and lead to a "consensus" that will be the consensus of a few, not of the 99%.
I sincerely wish that my predictions turn out to be wrong. I may delude myself to think that I have some predictive foresight, but I do not claim to be omniscient.
Michael
On 11/10/2011 1:14 AM, Jedediah wrote:
Michael
You have the right to withdraw, but then you wouldn't see any of the growth that will happen from the last GA meeting, because things will change. I don't think many people would say that the situation couldn't have been handled differently, even Sharon voiced dissatisfaction in the results. I personally feel you should have been heard out, so as a participant of the GA perhaps I should have defended your right to speak, and for that I apologize. I hope you continue to participate despite the growing pains we're all experiencing in this process.
Jedediah
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