I tend to agree if it is an individual. Most individuals don't have
"agendas." However, organizations are a different story. Organizations
have charters and with those charters most of the time comes agendas.
An position stated by an organization tends to be well thought out (or
should be) and it represents a myriad of opinions and agendas rolled
into an "official statement." When a officer or director of
organizations speak - it is often difficult to separate their
statements from the views and positions of the organization they
legally represent - to the point it is difficult to determine if said
person is speaking on behalf of the position of the organization or is
speaking for himself/herself as an individual.
While I don't believe that any of the individuals that have commented
on this necessary have agendas hidden or otherwise - I cannot say that
for organizations that have taken a position.
Truman
Bruce Weary DC wrote:
If
I chose a playing card from a deck, and thought about only that
card in my mind, unless you're Kreskin, you probably can't
tell me what card I'm thinking of. If you can, we need to take a trip
to Vegas and make a killing.
It is a popular activity these days (and maybe even historically) for
some people to observe the actions or hear the words of
others, and then infer and insist what they must be really
thinking, even if their interpretation is completely counter to what
that
person has actually said.
To me, the truth is, most people are anxious and willing to tell you
almost anything that is on their minds, including
opinions on anything from religion to politics to Mongol Derbys. If one
really wants to know what is on someone else's mind,
that person is the best and only resource to find out. Of course there
are liars out there, but, all in all, to ask what someone's opinion is,
and after they express it, to tell them that they really are thinking
something else, is folly, insults their intelligence, and more than
likely represents the opinions of the inquirer, instead.
So, unless anybody can tell me what card I'm thinking of, it's
probably best to check with me personally on my thoughts on any other
given subject,
rather than trying to tell me what I'm thinking. Otherwise, let's meet
in Vegas, and I'll buy the first Margarita. :)) Bruce Weary
-- “I maintain there is much more wonder in science than in
pseudoscience
“I maintain there is much more wonder in science
than in
pseudoscience. And in addition, to whatever measure this term has any
meaning,
science has the additional virtue, and it is not an inconsiderable one,
of
being true.” Carl Sagan
