RE: Accident US 95

["Shahab Mesbah" <meteor2@moscow.com>]

My beloved friends,

Please... let us not resort to personal attacks and grudge matches. This is
a venue for cooperation and discussions that lead to positive actions for
our society. We are all trying to achieve the same thing here. Let us
communicate with this in mind.

I have to tell you all that Wolfgang and I have been communicating directly
for a while and I have to say I find him an astute thinker and a dedicated
and passionate contributor to the society. I have found his opinions to be
logically thought out and carefully implemented. He has a great amount of
experience and knowledge. Even though he may seem curt, I assure you I have
found him one of the most loving beings I have had the honor to cross paths
with.

Let us not pick at the irrelevant details but focus on the spirit of the
discussion. We should not loose sight of a reasonable statement because of a
possible inaccuracy of a secondary fact. In other words, my friend was
stating that the road is crap and we need to fix it or more people will
die... I hardly think any of us can argue with this.

With great love,

Your brother in arms,

Shahab...

Shahab Mesbah
Technical Director
Meteor Light Labs
Voice (208) 883-9765
Fax (208) 883-2678
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 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Don Coombs [mailto:dcoombs@uidaho.edu]
Sent:	Thursday, February 17, 2000 1:44 PM
To:	Wolfgang Schwartzenweintraub
Cc:	vision2020@moscow.com
Subject:	Re: Accident US 95


On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Wolfgang Schwartzenweintraub wrote:

> You know Mr. Hoffman I have tried to be polite and patient with you.  It
> seems you are destined to hold a grudge against me and continue to ride me
> about this issue.  So the next time I see you I will have a saddle to
> present to you so when you decide to mount up on me, in the future, I want
> you to be comfortable.  Now let me see if I can explain myself to you.
> There were 35 persons killed last year on highway 95.  There are 100 years
> in a century.  35 persons X 100 years = 3,500 persons.  The indigenous
> population of Moscow, Idaho is about 3,500 persons.  Therefore, I believe
it
> is safe to speculate that if highway 95 continues to be used and driven
the
> way it has been in the past and thatthe behavior of drivers continues, the
> speculation that I have presented will equal the indigenous population of
> Moscow, Idaho.  With all due respect;
>
> Wolfgang M. Schwartzenweintraub

Hi Wolfie--

I find discussion of Moscow's indigenous population interesting. My
thought is that between the two universities, settlers (well, at least
"pausers") have been attracted to such an extent (from weird places like
California) that there could be a lot fewer than 3,500 indigenous people
here.

I trust the sociologists on the Vision2020 list have paid appropriate
attention to the culture of these people.

The only one I know (interesting, huh?) is a retired wheat farmer and an
outstanding neighbor.

Don Coombs