Originally Posted by
Purple Drank
Say, whatever happened to "white papers?" Would you care to explain what they were and why they were banished?
ALPA completely squelched all alternate viewpoints on C12, in favor of an all-out propaganda blitz consisting of manufactured crises, partial truths, cherry-picked "best case" scenarios, and flat-out naiveté.
Why is ALPA afraid of a free and open debate--while providing full disclosure? Why not let us make an informed decision, rather than herd us like sheep?
Is it in the policy manual? Should the policy manual state it to be on all issues or just large MEMRAT issues? Should it be from a MEC level or a LEC level? Should that decision be made issue by issue or generalized? Would doing a con paper on all or many issues immediately provide a optical divide in the MEC because the authors of a Pro or a Con paper be the same Reps issue after issue? Should Reps that voted on the opposite side of each issue write the opposite position paper? Should this be discussed as part of a strategic planning meeting of the MEC? Has it been discussed and not resolved? Has it been a topic of conversation this last year? Have you asked?