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To: Neeka who wrote (102939)	3/2/2005 7:49:26 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793955

I think CB and LB have answered the question. We are all entitled to our huffiness at perceived insults Good. Then we are all in agreement. All the huffers hereabouts and elsewhere, including Nancy Hopkins, are entitled to their huffs. IMO there are too few people who hold the opinion that posing questions is more important than self. It seems that we agree, also, that posing questions is a good thing, notwithstanding the ensuing huff. Summers may have been clumsy in doing so, but raising questions is generally a positive and questioners are doing worthwhile work. If we were capable of the opposite we would all be more intelligent and able to further our understanding of life and the universe. Therefore I think some of the reaction to what Mr. Summers said was selfish and self serving and possibly an attempt to stop inquiry......but I could be wrong? I don't think you're wrong about the reaction, obviously, because that was my premise. I'm glad to see that we agree that it's better to rise above the huff in the furtherance of understanding. I am more sanguine than you, however, about our capacity to do that. I have been pleasantly surprised to learn just the opposite. That we are entitled to our huffs doesn't mean that indulging them is to be desired. In order to evolve beyond the huff one first has to want to. One has to want enlightenment and progress more than the indulgence of hurt and anger and the culture of the huff. To the extent that we get satisfaction from letting off steam and wallowing in our perceived insult, and reinforcement from our co-huffers, we cannot rise above that primal reaction. The embrace of the group huff holds us back. It is a shame.