[New-imc] appology to boud

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I want to publically appologise to boud.. those of you who know me know
that I (like many people) resort to anger when I feel that I won't be
heard.  It was misplaced and inappropriate and I'm sorry that I did it.

I'm not angry at him, I'm angry at the discussion about ignoring
individuals blocks as a way to move forward, vs listening and discussing
what their concerns in a public forum.  I've wanted to speak up on this
issue for awile now, but havent first because others had already made
the case, but after that because I felt like I would be ignored as well.

It's not boud's fault that I didn't speak up sooner, before it was
brought to our local IMC and thus wouldn't just be me making the block.

I would like us to look at this as a group, listening to people (which
can be expressed by discussing their point of view) and treating people
with respect.. when Andy made his block he was attacked for it, this
does not lead to others wanting to put themselves out for attack as
well.  There's a history of this on the global lists, where a blocker is
attacked, which leads to a cycle where people who have seen this happen
before will lead something they feel they will be attacked with with a
preemptive attack, etc.  I feel we need to work as a group to fix this.


-- 

Fascism (noun) A system of government that exercises a dictatorship of
the extreme right, typically through the merging of state and business
leadership, together with belligerent nationalism. 
 (From the American Heritage Dictionary, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1983)

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