| I think that the generic flavor of the Reagan thread itself contributed a bit to the problems. That thread was allowed to take its own shape, within limits--always a good idea, here--but it ended up being understood to mean essentially two different things to different people, as I see it:
1) It was a place to offer tributes to a deceased man that some view as an excellent president and even a personal hero.
2) It was a place to criticize and discuss the career and decisions of that man-as-president.
Once I realized how some people were seeing it as #1, I immediately backed off from further criticisms of my own; not because I feel the thread was intended as a tribute, but because at least a few others considered it such, and as I regard them as friends, I didn't wish to hurt their feelings. Nothing could be gained by that.
At the same time, I think there is definitely room to argue the career of Reagan. I'd personally enjoy doing so. Perhaps, though, now is not the best time. Not because of rules, but out of sensitivity to the feelings of others.
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Last edited by fable; 06-08-2004 at 10:03 PM.
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