Re: AIS: Symposium/soap box #9

It seems to me that increasingly some mean and rather nasty things are being said under the heading of this topic, which IMHO no topic, however important, ever warrants.   Is it not possible to disagree on a subject without having the discussion degenerate to this level?    I really wonder if this subject is worth more e-mail time anyway.  We've heard about all the shortcomings, whether real or perceived or imagined or generally accepted; also we've heard about all there is to be said in defense.  If one simply takes the symposium (inaptly named as it is) at face value, reads it as an interesting list to see how whoever cared enough to vote chose to cast the ballots, and lets it go at that, it's worthwhile.  We all know that it can't be a reliable guide to what one should plant in his/her own garden, since every area has its own list of what will or won't grow here.  Meanwhile, this is the hottest summer I can remember in many years, and it doesn't seem appropriate for iris-talk to be generating any more heat to add to the problem.  :-)   If we feel a compulsion to keep going on and on about the symposium (you can tell I am about fed up with it) let's at least try to generate light rather than heat.  
Arnold

Arnold & Carol Koekkoek
38 7th Street, NE
Sioux Center, IA 51250
e-mail  koekkoek@mtcnet.net


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