Well... ...that was a great discussion.
I think there were a lot of good points made.
I am especially happy to hear Jason's response that FIRST is aware that this is a problem and that we hope it will not be repeated in 2007.
My favorite radio show,
This American Life, had a
show a while ago that included some research on Married Couples and what behaviors indicated that the couple was going to break up or stick together.
One of the best indicators of a couple that was going to break up was when arguing people stopped listening and began summarizing themselves.
I think that this thread is in danger of starting to fall into that mode.
I don't want us to here to break up, So... ...I am going to close it for the rest of the day until after the competitions are over today.
At that point I will re-open the thread, but when I do, I ask everyone who posts on this thread to
- listen our partners
- be respectful (which hasn't been a problem in this thread, but it is just generally good advice ;-) and
- try not to give in to Summarizing Myself Syndrome.
Thanks for your cooperation.
Joe J.