Thalia, It looks like Eben responded to your inquiry here by posting in the "FreeSpeech" topic, and now there appears to be no way to respond to Eben's response to you at the bottom of that thread. So, I'd like to respond here to Eben's comment there. Most of Eben's comment references Makalika's earlier observation in that thread. I for one don't mind the mix of emotional commentary with the commentary that addresses class readings, theories, and more practical/world-related matters like overseas movement of "big firm" operations and reduced work hours. Eben, since you say that the Twiki is for "active listening," I think that "listening" to various commentaries, regardless of their nature or the reasons behind them, is appropriate here. Since the threads are categorized by title, people can somewhat selectively read and respond to whatever they want (but I realize all the thread titles aren't exactly representative). In my mind, this is somewhat similar to reading a newspaper -- skip the sections you aren't interested in. What's the harm?

-- BarbPitman - 29 Jan 2008

woops, looks like Eben and I were writing and posting at pretty much the same time.

-- BarbPitman - 29 Jan 2008