Since I have been away for a long time and have just returned within the last 3 days or so, I was wondering if we could form a nonpartisan working group to talk about issues of political, cultural, and linguistic concern. I think a lot of the division that I see now and have seen for years throughout the kingdom could be solved by face to face dialogue and I'm glad that I see a lot of that happening right now with various new media outlets popping up regularly the last two or three years. I think that's healthy and I think if we all commit to actually meeting with each other once a week or once a month and having a previously agreed topic or set up agenda items to discuss, we could prepare our thoughts and truly communicate with one another and in that way, get away from the anonymity that a simple post like this affords us. Just as an example, I have met with a couple members of the Kingdom over the past almost 17 years that I've been a Talossan citizen and a common theme that I realize pops up every time is that people are nicer to each other in person or when they can see them and hear them directly instead of merely reading their words typed out on a digital device of one kind or another.
So with all that being said, I would be glad to set up recurring zoom meetings at times that are convenient for everyone and I would also be glad to help with agenda and logistics and whatever else I can assist with. It certainly doesn't always have to be political in nature, but that's part of it. I think if we add cultural and linguistic discussions into the mix, that will temper some of the political animosity and iron out the issues of only seeing each other in one dimension. Seeing each other face to face and actually hearing each other's voices in real time will allow us to see the whole person behind viewpoints that we either agree with or disagree with and that's something that's been missing for my entire involvement in the Kingdom. It's something that I think is sorely needed and many of the problems of the past two or three decades could have been avoided or at least largely mitigated if there had been more direct, visual and verbal communication instead of nearly reading each other's words without any other context or emotion behind them. Sorry to be long-winded, but I dictate so this tends to happen despite my attempts to edit myself afterwards. Thanks for your consideration.
So with all that being said, I would be glad to set up recurring zoom meetings at times that are convenient for everyone and I would also be glad to help with agenda and logistics and whatever else I can assist with. It certainly doesn't always have to be political in nature, but that's part of it. I think if we add cultural and linguistic discussions into the mix, that will temper some of the political animosity and iron out the issues of only seeing each other in one dimension. Seeing each other face to face and actually hearing each other's voices in real time will allow us to see the whole person behind viewpoints that we either agree with or disagree with and that's something that's been missing for my entire involvement in the Kingdom. It's something that I think is sorely needed and many of the problems of the past two or three decades could have been avoided or at least largely mitigated if there had been more direct, visual and verbal communication instead of nearly reading each other's words without any other context or emotion behind them. Sorry to be long-winded, but I dictate so this tends to happen despite my attempts to edit myself afterwards. Thanks for your consideration.