Y'all!
After agonizing a bit about the need for some kind of referee for
this list I've decided that I'm probably not the right person for that role, if
for no other reason than not having enough time to give it the attention
that it needs. I check my messages 2 to 3 times a day, and so I thought that I
could probably add 5 to 10 minutes each time to attend to moderator duties.
After seeing certain of yesturday's back and forth exchanges and imagining
myself being a moderator having to tell two aggressive antagonists to give each
other a small break and stop slinging the words "libel" and "slander"
around...and then getting caught in the middle of it...and what if it
escalates...well...you get the picture.
That being said, I've got my two cents to throw into the mix. I
challenge Norm Kurland and William Bedford Ryan to conduct a civil debate over
the next month concerning the merits of social credit and BE. Both sides should
refrain from impugning the character and motives of the other and otherwise
refrain from any personal attacks or any insinuations that the other partner in
the debate is dishonest or unprincipled, brainwashed, gullible or
unintelligent. I see both Kurland and Ryan as being both principled and
honest. Ryan has been a great resource for steadily increasing the amount
of social credit writings that can be found in one place, and he has a gift for
tightly defining his subject. I used to live in Alberta, and I didn't know
a darn thing about social credit until years after I left. I have both Bill
Ryan and Dan Parker to thank for initially stirring up some curiousity to
explore Social Credit. Kurland has used his energies to systematically
connect the many dots along a path to universal capital ownership, and I regard
many of his proposals to have great merit.
This list could be a tremendous resource if only the bickering could stop.
How sad it is to see the folks that left this list years ago continue to
stay away. Gee, how long has it been since you've all seen Ellerman post
here?
Regards
Alan Avans
Prairie Village KS