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For years the practice had been to function, one had to speak. If you weren't speaking, you weren't functioning. One aspect to consider is if all thr brothers and sisters want to speak in order to function, who is really listening to what's being spoken? There so much emphasis on speaking that no one is intently listening.
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Terry, I appreciate the concept, but what is the implication here? Is that certain speakers ("gifted" speakers) like Vern should be given more time to speak, and that everyone else should "intently listen." It might be my anti-hierarchy streak showing, but I'm always a little skeptical when "speaking brothers" like these make such points in defense of their own prerogative to speak more than everyone else.