<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 13:44, Mike Burns <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mike@nationwideinc.com">mike@nationwideinc.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Blake,</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">How many times have I been accused of shirking
stewardship, or abandoning it?</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">I have asked that posters refrain from that
flammable language, but yet it persists.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></div></div></blockquote><div><br>Personally I see your proposal as doing the same harm most of the other opposition does. That doesn't mean it is a personal attack against you, or that I at least believe it is even your intent.<br>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">There was also Owen's point about not making policy
for personal reasons, only for the good of the community.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">I read that as an elliptical personal attack, and
consistent with his attempt to paint me as a poor steward and as somebody who is
trying to make policy for selfish and not community reasons.</font></div></div></blockquote><div><br>I cannot comment on Owen's reasons, as they are his own, and not available to me, but I believe you may be reading into this a bit much, and projecting his (and others including my own) criticism of your policy as personal criticism against you, and responding as such. I have not seen anything so far that stands out to me as personal attacks against you from the responses so far, except in retaliation, and even then, it was fairly muted. I could be mistaken of course.<br>
<br>Note, I say attacks against you, and not your proposal, as those have gotten fairly intense, as the conversation has gone by.<br><br>-Blake<br></div></div>