[IP] thanks for IP

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: douglas irving repetto <douglas@music.columbia.edu>
Date: July 26, 2005 4:24:02 PM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: thanks for IP



(NOT for IP)


Hi Dave,

I've run a number of high traffic/subscriber lists myself, and I know  
that it can take a bit of an emotional toll, especially when the  
topics themselves are emotional. But I was just walking in the  
blazing NYC heat and was thinking about the recent discussions on the  
IP list and the variety of viewpoints that have been expressed, and I  
realized how highly I value receiving those viewpoints. I often feel  
like those around me are so polarized at the moment that it's almost  
impossible to hear the voices of intelligent, rational people who  
happen to disagree with me. So then I saw your post below and I  
thought I'd write a quick note to thank you for running IP and for  
all of the work you've put into it. I'm sure it gets frustrating and  
exhausting at times. I hope you continue to find the energy to do it!


douglas




> I also am distressed often by the tone of some of the notes. I DO  
> NOT tend to forward those notes UNLESS they contribute some valid  
> points. I can not and will not do editing .
>
> Dave
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: "John P. McGraw" <currach@comcast.net>
> Date: July 26, 2005 3:03:29 PM EDT
> To: 'David Farber' <dave@farber.net>
> Subject: FW: [IP] more on middle-aged white females
>
>
>  When I joined this list, I expected rational discussions, not  
> flame fests
> with everyone ridiculing anyone who disagrees with them.  Very  
> intelligent
> people have differing views on every subject discussed here.  Is it  
> time for
> you to pull the plug on the childishness, or for me to ask to be  
> removed?
>
> John McGraw
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ip@v2.listbox.com [mailto:owner-ip@v2.listbox.com] On  
> Behalf Of
> David Farber
> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 1:23 PM
> To: Ip ip
> Subject: [IP] more on middle-aged white females
>
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: "James P. Hogan" <james@jamesphogan.com>
> Date: July 26, 2005 11:48:50 AM EDT
> To: dave@farber.net
> Subject: Re: [IP] middle-aged white females
>
>
>
> > Dave, this one is easy.  If the bad guy can discover that middle-aged
> > white females or rosy-cheeked white children under 10 are never being
> > searched, he will figure out how to booby-trap one.
>
> Just re-read the above. And add it to the prattling we've been seeing
> recently about the most mathematically effective ways to search  
> innocent
> people. Never a word questioning the rationality of a society that
> apparently thinks it normal to wants to treat all of its citizens as
> criminal suspects in the first place.
>
> Are Americans conscious of what the consequences of their foreign  
> policies
> of the last 50 years are turning them into? Totally paranoid,
> terrorist-obsessed crazies. What on earth are they feeding into you  
> people's
> heads day-in and day-out over there? And now Tony B. Liar is  
> bringing the
> same upon the British.
>
>          James Hogan
>          Ireland
>
>
>
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