[nabs-l] Ending the NFB/ACB feud

[T. Joseph Carter]

This all sounds so familiar to me.  Wasn't I saying the same thing a 
year ago?

Joseph

On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 04:06:09PM -0700, Angela fowler wrote:
>Ashley, I think to say that folks are naive and unaware of the history
>between NFB and ACB is a hasty unfounded remark which fails to take into
>account two things.  
>	First, you said yourself that rank and file members of these
>organizations often have good cordial relationships. The project which is
>being discussed is a grass-roots project which at this point has nothing to
>do with the leadership of either organization. 
>	Second, no one here has failed to acknowledge the history. Aziza,
>Jim and the other proponents of this project are just as well aware of it as
>you and I are. What they are saying is that younger members of the NFB and
>ACB were not around for the bitterest battles in the '60's and '70's, and
>may be able to be brought together. 
>	Let's discuss the proposal on the bases of merit, and keep our hasty
>judgments about people's since of realism or knowledge of the organizations'
>history out of it!
>With respect
>Angela