Date:	Mon, 13 Jun 1994 06:58:00 -1000
From:	ctwr10@email.mot.com (Jim Dean)
Message-Id: <ctwr10-130694101638@145.1.159.65>
Organization: Motorola Tech Writing
Subject: Greeting to Frank Kenisky

I was at the Chicago Kite Festival this past weekend, 6/11-12/94 and
met Abel Ortega who wanted me to pass along this greeting to Frank

I Quote" SHUT OFF!"


I must admit, I've been reading all this political stuff going on between
Frank and the AKA, AKC, and whoever else. Unfortunately, many Rec.Kiter's
will be swayed to take sides for or against a person named in all this
instead of for or against an issue.

Few of us personally know any of the people mentioned in this fiasco
whose names are being besmirched with recless abandon. We don't know
them but yet we are being coerced to make judgements of their character,
integrity, or personality by linking them to issues. People are people
and issues are issues. Many people make personal judgements of someone's
character based upon their sympathy for the issues rather than one's
personal knowledge of the character of an individual.

Issues provoke much emotion among those who are affected and the emotion
can be transferred into love for an individual who agrees with us on an
issue or hate for an individual who disagrees with us on an issue. A
person rarely confines his emotion to an issue but projects it towards an
individual. Proof of this phenomena is obvious in this on-going display
of issues being turned into love or hate of an individual.

Positions of authority are generally manned by people who are ambitious
enough to get involved and want to gather domineering strength through
those he can convince to see things his way. Call it politics if you 
want but it is nothing more than getting people to see things your way.
If you can garner enough emotion in those sympathetic to you and your
ideas, you win, But, to transfer that emotion of an issue to hate or
love of an individual usually backfires creating hate for the individual
who uses this tactic. Why? because it is an unfair attack on a person's
character. Why should we, Rec.kiter's, be coerced to make judgements of
character by one who is transferring emotion of an issue to create
love or hate for any individual.

Frank, you are bordering on changing emotion for an issue into love or
hate of an individual of whom we know little or nothing about. For your 
own sake, CUT IT OUT before I have to hate you for your unfair attacks.

STICK TO THE ISSUES AND THE ISSUES ONLY. 

I'm not sure I can speak for most of the Rec.kiters, but, my opinion is
that whatever issues of fairness exist will be resolved in time. For now,
lets just live by whatever rules exist since they are applied equally to
all, good or bad, and let's enjoy our sport. 

I know that this is probably the wrong place for an article of this
nature, but I feel that some may be swayed by what is going on and may
make character judgements based on the emotions for an issue rather
than on knowing the individuals being bad mouthed.

Respectfully submitted
Jim 

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