Ok, this is like "opening a vein" for me. I'm hoping I'm misreading the 54 "common people" remark. But I felt like 54 people weren't smart enough to understand the question and therefore would not be able to give an answer or support an action. I totally feel like a member of the 54 and believe me I DO NOT consider myself dumb, stupid, or totally lacking in the intelligence department. However, I do struggle to keep up with your discussions. When the questions/issues are posted, I think and ponder to come up with an answer...and don't. After your answers are posted, they make alot of sense to me. So hopefully the questions and exercises are to find a way to "communicate" the issues to those of us who do not think in policy changing/action taking/making the world a better place terms.
I've enjoyed the discussions immensley and am happy that there are people thinking about and wanting to take actions to make a difference. I just felt like the "common" folks took a hit last night.
Kay