Very much appreciated your thoughtful response Chuck. I wish I felt the
pandemic alone was the reason for an "environment that fosters impatience
and anxiety, and where people react swiftly to what
they see and experience." It's very much the case now, though (IMHO) I
think social media led us down this troublesome path many years ago and we
have willingly followed it. Now it festers regulation free. I can see how
Kurt's letter may have been the only one received by the editor, but that
doesn't excuse its full acceptance for publication. I've had the newsletter
for more than a week, but Cory certainly sparked my response to the
listserv. Glad he did.
Alex

On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 12:00 AM Charles Reinsch <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> I was disappointed that Kurt's was the only letter shared, but maybe
> there were no others. The pandemic has created an environment that
> fosters impatience and anxiety, and where people react swiftly to what
> they see and experience. The subject under consideration is a struggle
> for equality of economic, judicial, and social opportunity that has been
> percolating since slaves were taken and used to build this country, and
> indigenous people were subjected to intentional and casual genocide.
> Unfortunately, we live in a time when articulate orators are a rarity,
> and there are few, fewer today, who can express the angst that so many
> are feeling. Three or six word slogans may be all we have, but even if
> they lack the orator's finesse, they will have to due. "Black Lives
> Matter"; "Get your knee off my neck", "Enough"
>
> Does ARSC have a role in this struggle? I would say yes, but I am only
> one. For those of you that may ask "why?", I say, because we are the
> caretakers of history.
>
> I am glad Kurt wrote his letter, and that Cory poked the ARSCList,
> otherwise we might have another 300 years of festering pain and
> anguish. I'll be dead by then. I would like to see life better for
> everyone before I go.
>
> Chuck
>
> --
> Charles Reinsch
> KRAB Archive: www.krabarchive.com
>
> On 7/19/2020 5:24 PM, Corey Bailey wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > In the last newsletter, there was an open letter to the ARSC
> > membership titled "Letters to the Editor" by Kurt Nauck.
> >
> > Anyone care to comment on that letter?
> >
> > ~CB
> >
> > Corey Bailey Audio Engineering
> > www.baileyzone.net
>