Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 13:04:05 -0500
From: Sandi and Scott Spaeth <vespass-AT-swbell.net>
Subject: Re: on alpha males


At 11:05 AM 6/18/04, you wrote:

>p.s. I frequently fuck up when I attempt to say things to make things 
>better, so please let me know if you have suggestions for how I might be 
>able to communicate these ideas in a more helpful way.  Thanks.
>-Mark Waller

I don't know that the restraint of alpha males makes sense in this 
forum.   MOST of the people here are hard headed, convinced of their own 
ideas, and have little trouble propounding their ideas.  MOST of the people 
here will also speak up when they feel that bullying or what have you has 
gone too far.  This is a very self policing list in that 
respect.   Artificially restraining the free exchange of ideas because 
there might be a timid person with thin skin who might have something to 
say that no one has said before seems to me to be a somewhat useless 
advancement - particularly given the personality traits required to declare 
oneself an Anarchist in the first place.   Declaring the vast majority of 
the planet's population's ideas about government wrong is not the act of a 
meek soul.

So, I'm not saying you're wrong in general, but methinks you doth protest 
too much in this case.

Then again, I'm feeling kind of cranky today, so take my opinion with a 
pinch of salt.

cheers,
scott