re:extremist accusations

[Zack Brown <zack@tsw.berkeley.edu>]

Mark Whitney says:
>Now Zack, I really wasn't trying to be extremist.  :)  I apologize if it
>sounded that way. But, I also think your basic premise is wrong. If I say
>"Hey Zack, let's go have a beer," and your only reply is to turn your back
>and ignore me, then you HAVE effectively refuted the proposal.

True, but not analagous.  There was a thread over the actual 
merits of MPJ to which I was contributing.  I don't have to be
dragged over to the thread you demand or face accusations of
extremism.  That's blackmail, amigo.

In other words, if I'm in a heated argument with my best friend
and somewhere in the vicinity you blurt out "Zack, let's get a beer"
and you get no answer from me, what can you conclude?  Nothing.
That would be closer to analagous. 


>   I am glad to hear that you wouldn't be opposed to compromise. What areas 
>do you think we can agree on? Where are there sticking points? With virtually
>zero replies to any of the proposals it's hard to tell. I've put out several
>points about why I'm reticent to see straight MPJ at the National tournament,
>all of which have been ignored. 

Above.  I wish to participate in a thread over the merits of MPJ
first, because I hope to answer the criticisms that make others not
like it.  I can address the compromise proposals on my own schedule.
Your schedule is not a demand on me.  I deny your attempt to
equate my failure to switch threads with extremism.  You cannot
construct duties like that for me.

Reminder: Demanding compromise is an oxymoron.

> A 
>tangent of this position has been that this builds in an unfair imbalance 
>into
>the structure of the judge assignments. And that this is, by definition, 
>something that is unfair and should be avoided. But I haven't seen word 
>one as
>to why this is untrue, doesn't happen, or is ok that it does.

Ummmmm, what do the words "unique link turn" mean to you?  I've
been saying those words for three posts now :)

I may be a moron and totally wrong (wouldn't be the first time),
but I am at least addressing the issue you claim "not on word" has
addressed.

Zack

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