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To: Ilaine who wrote (34558)	4/12/1999 5:38:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Just so long as you agree that our "arguing" is not about conflict, but about forging ideas. Different people have different levels of toleration for argument. Up to a point, it is a healthy part of intellectual and cultural housecleaning. But after a highly variable point, it leads to fear, disengagement ... feud. The real trick is in finding that balance. And the real individual virtue is in being elastic about one's own saturation point. No grudges. This is hard, because trust is as Protean as the ideas we are batting about.

To: Ilaine who wrote (34558)	4/12/1999 6:22:00 PM
From: jbe	Respond to of 108807

I like angry tracts nailed to the church door. Implicit in the act is the belief that someone ought to read said tracts, that someone ought to care about the ideas advanced in said tracts, and that the tract-writer feels secure enough about his own future that he is willing to take the risk of making a public stink about his ideas. All indicators of a relatively healthy culture. Well said, Blue! And particularly broad-minded of you, as a Catholic, considering that we all know who nailed up that first tract! <gg> Joan