[humanmarkup-comment] Re: Diplomacy, Americas Image, and HumanML

[rexb@starbourne.com]

Thanks, Owen,

Common sense is not very common, I'm afraid. The ability to listen is a prerequisite
for understanding. And reading these articles we are pointed to by fellow observers
will help us learn how to better frame our messages.

Thanks, again,
Rex


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>Ranjeeth & Rex, Al Kamen's "In the Loop" column in yesterday's edition =
>of The Washington Post prompts this message.  The article is at =
>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17220-2002Mar12.html  See =

>especially the following passages:
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>"The State Department's been casting about for better ways to project =
>America's image abroad."
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>"... Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy Charlotte Beers, the former =
>advertising executive in charge of the conference."
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>"... April 8-10 meeting . . . will improve our ability to convey our =
>policies and values to foreign audiences."
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>"..
 even the best public relations work won't solve vexing problems =
>that reflect serious and fundamental policy disagreements ..."
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>It is my hope and expectation that HumanML will eventually contribute =
>significantly to the need to specify (make explicit) the elements of =
>"policy disagreements" and, thereby, help to reduce them to truly =
>"fundamental" human values, attributes, and needs upon which it will be =
>virtually impossible to disagree.  =
>http://xml.gov/scripts/efforts_detail.cfm?EffortID=3D23  In the =
>meantime, I fear that those who are looking for PR-related shortcuts may =

>be wasting the taxpayers' money, if not also further aggravating the =
>cynicism (and hatred) of our "adversaries" (real and imaginary).  =
>Thankfully, Secretary Rumsfeld pulled the plug on DoD's proposed =
>propaganda shop.  While there is no doubt about our need to =
>"communicate" more effectively, I submit that, in the long run, there =
>are no shortcuts and that only the truth, the whole truth, and nothing =
>but the truth will set us free from tyranny and terrorism.
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>Owen Ambur, Co-Chair
>XML Working Group
>http://xml.gov/
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