Theos-Talk Archives (January 1997 Message tl00367)

On Sun, 12 Jan 1997, m.k. ramadoss wrote:
> 
> Some how I missed the letter from Algeo you referred to in your post.  If 
> you or someone can locate it and post it here then everyone can look at 
> it from today's perspective and evaluate it.
	Yes - actually I think it would be quite interesting - it was a
long time ago now, but I'll contact my friend and see if a copy is buried
in his files.

> At that time I was not fully aware of the background and thought the 
> byelaw change was good and only later found out it was not done with some 
> altruistic motives.
	Your experience is probably the norm. The same thing, I think,
holds for the latest Bylaw changes. Presented in the AT as minor
housekeeping changes to a membership that had not been informed of the
Boston situation. 

> Recently a member from out of state was visiting and I met with her and 
> during the meeting, the issue of Bing came up. She was still very upset 
> with what happened to Bing and it was when I realized there are quite a 
> number of members who have not forgotten about it. Certainly a new member 
> is never going to find out about it until such time another similar issue 
> shows up when the past historical background is again brought into focus.
	Actually - I suspect there are large number of people that are
*still* very upset about what was done to Bing. The issue has not died,
and in an election down the road, Algeo might experience what many would
call "karma".
							Regards, -JRC