From: Harvey Heagy 
Subject: Re: Why the NFB
On 1998-04-15 NFB-Talk@NFBnet.org said:
 NF>Harvey:
 NF>I think you are out of line drawing parallels between the NFB
and
 NF>Nazism. I understand and accept that you do not agree with the
 NF>current leadership over some matters.  You have also always
been
 NF>free to express your views here, which you do often and in
detail.
 NF>Nonetheless, please be reasonable. Your emotional rhetoric does
 NF>nothing toward the honest and open discussion of issues.
 NF>David Andrews
I did not call the N.F.B. leadership nazis nor did I draw any
kind of parallel between them.  I simply said that it was a very
efficiently run state but hardly one a blind person would wish to
live under.  My emotional rhetoric as you call it is simply that
any disagreement with the national leadership is interpreted by
you and others as emotional rhetoric just because I do disagree
with it on some issues.  The fact that it is an attempt at a
benevolent dictatorship has been underscored time and time again.
I refer you to Steve Zelinski's post detailing the changes made
after Jamal Mazrui's expulsion and also on the changes which now
make it harder for individuals to propose resolutions.
I am glad Jamal is back in the N.F.B., but I think his readmission
should have been accompanied by an apology from the national
leadership if for no other reason the poor manner in which it was
handled.  After all, the national leadership violated our own
constitution to get the job done.
Harvey
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