<div dir="ltr">Hi folks. The voice that I used for that post was that of my cousin, whom I love very much. He is, like me, a white American with twelve generations of ancestry in Maryland and West Virginia, until our grandfather moved to California. <div><br></div><div>I was reflecting on the theme of the upcoming online OS conference, around holding space for 8 billion people in conversation. My cousin's voice came through suddenly, to start to reflect the intensity of the conflicts in the USA on the day of the 2nd impeachment. </div><div><br></div><div>Holding space for even the USA's 300+ million at this time requires digging deeper than usual. I need to understand the assumptions and judgments that I make about folks whose voices sound like that. I did have satire in mind at first, but then the floor dropped out beneath me. </div><div><br></div><div>So, it became an offering in these interesting times. </div><div><br></div><div>Jeff</div></div><div dir="ltr"></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 7:43 AM Barry Owen via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Exactly Paul - I thought "Tongue in cheek"</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 9:39 AM paul levy via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Perrhaps it is my English sense of humour. I read deep irony into Jeff's post and then, via glorious. Wildesque satire, it reads rather differently<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">From the garden shed, a haven in lockdown,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Paul</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 14 Jan 2021, 14:34 harrison owen via OSList, <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal">This is totally weird… I’ve known Jeff for years and I simply can’t believe he would say something like that. Strange times.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">ho</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Jeff Aitken via OSList</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, January 13, 2021 5:49 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">World wide Open Space Technology email list</a><br><b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:r.jeff.aitken@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Jeff Aitken</a><br><b>Subject: </b>[OSList] Confused American</p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">As a patriotic American I join millions who were confused when the</p><p class="MsoNormal">President did not step boldly into the opportunity in his Jan 6 public</p><p class="MsoNormal">speech to announce the arrest of Joe Biden and others for that satanic</p><p class="MsoNormal">pedophilic conspiracy ring. Everything had been perfectly orchestrated</p><p class="MsoNormal">leading up to that moment, it seemed.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">The gentleman who interviewed Harrison last year on his YouTube</p><p class="MsoNormal">channel, the old friend from DC days with an intelligence background</p><p class="MsoNormal">(who loved the idea of Open Space!) was also greatly optimistic (with</p><p class="MsoNormal">other interviewees on his channel) that this denouement would take</p><p class="MsoNormal">place on the optimal day.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">What went wrong? I remain confused.</p><p class="MsoNormal">_______________________________________________</p><p class="MsoNormal">OSList mailing list</p><p class="MsoNormal">To post send emails to <a href="mailto:OSList@lists.openspacetech.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">OSList@lists.openspacetech.org</a></p><p class="MsoNormal">To unsubscribe send an email to <a href="mailto:OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">OSList-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