RE: Kol Isha/Miriam's Song

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

At 11:35 AM 2/23/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>... It appears to me
>that at this juncture, the 2003 quarterly Kol Isha debate, while having some
>value, has now ceased to have any purpose, other than a few individuals
>debating their personal views, from which they will not deviate.

I can share your hope that those who have said what they have to say a few 
times, will feel comfortable moving on. But would rather point out that the 
best way to move the list as whole onto new discussion is to provide new 
discussion, and not to respond further. To paraphrase Travis T. Hipp, if you 
don't like the current discussion, start a juicy new one ;-).

I will also encourage those who have moved onto issues of halacha (Jewish law) 
(or opposition to same) to move those discussions to private e-mail or to lists 
focused on those subjects.

But I also want to avoid telling people for whom this matters that they have 
had their say and it is now time to move on. It is, rather, the right of those 
who have finished their say and want to move on, to do so. I'd like to avoid 
the anti-free speech idea that insists that once one person feels it is time to 
move on, everyone should simultaneously reach the same conclusion. 

No one is forced to open e-mail on subjects in which they have no interest, or 
no further interest. I encourage all list participants to take advantage of 
that e-mail feature as works for them.

ari


Ari Davidow
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