tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1307851269377903962.post6022127096925549451..comments2023-05-18T11:34:51.329-04:00Comments on An Uncomplicated Mind: Robust debate necessary for changeJoe Riverahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09440105933799240358noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1307851269377903962.post-9312917801434649332011-05-26T23:29:21.174-04:002011-05-26T23:29:21.174-04:00Mr. Rivera, I totally agree with your observations...Mr. Rivera, I totally agree with your observations with respect to lack of civility being displayed by some posters to the egroup. I also saw Mr. Castanos' chimpanzee email. This struck me as ridicule of the highest order against someone (Mr. Dolor) who I thought had lots of good ideas for the Association. I have no words to describe it other than it was uncharitable and unkind. I wonder what Mr. Dolor had done to Mr. Castanos to merit this kind of ridicule. It did not appear to me that he had done anything to offend Mr. Castanos personally. What bothers me is that Mr. Castanos justifies his actions as righteous judgment by quoting the Bible. Isn't charity towards others the fundamental tenet of the Christian religion, to which I assume Mr. Castanos belongs? I wonder if Mr. Castanos even realizes that his conduct can be a ground for expulsion from the Association.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1307851269377903962.post-10562560019667931982011-05-26T23:10:58.219-04:002011-05-26T23:10:58.219-04:00I am suspicious of a leader who says that there is...I am suspicious of a leader who says that there is no need to re-invent the wheel. This is a vague policy at its best and dictatorial at its worst. The newly elected President needs to provide specifics of what this policy of hers means if she is to be taken seriously. The membership is entitled to know what she means by this dictum. Perhaps she is forgetting that, while she occupies the position of President, she is only one of 15 policy makers in the Council. Drawing a line in the sand as it were is unnecessary and unproductive. Leaders should instead create an environment where there is a free play of ideas both within and outside the Council and where members are neither hindered or intimidated from espousing or adopting new ideas, policies or programs that benefit the Association or the membership.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com