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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: one_less who wrote (47368)	5/15/2002 12:24:12 AM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

I was just pointing out that if the settlement doesn't work, it all returns to the status quo. So there is no risk to either side of trying to see whether the settlement will work. We either all win, or we return to where we are now. I have worked in mediation and negotiation long enough to know in almost all cases of successful settlements, they are not one sided, but have both benefits and risks for both sides. Why is it objectionable to point that out? If you are old enough to remember the group SANE, you may remember their slogan: "Between a risk and a certainty, a sane man does not hesitate." (That was before the days of gender consciousness raising, but I feel an obligation to quote correctly rather than convert it to a more PC form.) Although it is, I admit, sometimes a challenge, having committed myself to trying to solve rather than perpetuate this problem, I am trying to be dispassionate and respond logically and not emotionally to the ongoing saga of posts. I hope that others who think a negotiated settlement is in the best interests of all here can do the same. Of course we will still have the emotional suicide bombers with us, but perhaps those who are tired of all this and want to bring it to a successful conclusion can be more successful in negotiating desite them than is possible in the Middle East. And it is, of course, easier when the suicide bombings are only emotional and not physical.