Controversies

[Walter Bender]

Thanks for putting this page together. We've set up a mailing list for
discussing the educational mission here:

http://lists.lo-res.org/mailman/listinfo/its.an.education.project

-walter

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 9:40 PM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have made a new Wiki page, http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Controversies,
>  with sections for the major arguments that we have been having over
>  OLPC strategy and tactics. I have also included links to blog posts,
>  mailing list threads, and interviews with Nicholas Negroponte.
>  Additional topics and resources welcome.
>
>  The purpose is not to promote my own view of things exclusively, but
>  to let everybody involved see who said what when, and to state their
>  own positions on the issues. I request that if you object to something
>  stated on the page, that you say so on the talk page, and include a
>  _brief_ statement of the issue from your point of view on the main
>  page, together with a link to the original documents, or a note saying
>  that it was a personal conversation, and how and where it took place.
>
>  Interpretation is welcome. "When you say this, it sounds like you also
>  mean that," is fine. But no edit wars, please. There is room for
>  multiple points of view. I won't edit what you think if you don't try
>  to tell me what I think. %-[
>
>  "When I want to hear _your_ opinion, I'll TELL it to you."--any tyrant
>
>  Next question: Would anybody like us to take these arguments somewhere
>  else? Maybe create a new Policy mailing list?
>
>  --
>  Edward Cherlin
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