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Comment on Last Night at the Forum by cate

cate — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:02:07 +0000

I skipped this event, which – especially as a member – I was sorry to see did not include a pro-individual rights perspective. Given the long and honorable history of FHF l sure hope you will make up for this obvious error in the future.

Comment on Last Night at the Forum by Maggie

Maggie — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:48:52 +0000

And here John Rosenthal slanders his fellow gun owners. Disgusting.

Comment on Last Night at the Forum by Maggie

Maggie — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:46:40 +0000

I was extremely disappointed with the March 21st forum. If I wanted to be lectured on the evil NRA, I’d go to an anti-NRA rally. I expected a discussion on the topic listed.

What I did learn was that John Rosenthal has been to the white House. He only told us a dozen times. Bully for him!

http://bostonmaggie.blogspot.com/2013/03/when-did-ford-hall-forum-become.html

Edward Powell was the only bright spot. He was on point, he was rational, he walks the talk.

Comment on Guns Don’t Kill People by Events for 3/18/2013!!! | InstaRam

Events for 3/18/2013!!! | InstaRam — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:44:27 +0000

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Comment on This Morning at the Forum by Ronald Suleski

Ronald Suleski — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 17:04:57 +0000

I like all of the quotes that Jen extracted from Joe’s talk and put up on the site. This one is good, because it is so real, so much in the mud of the villages. It shows that Joe has been doing his field work in the field, and he knows how these political debates are often conducted among the farmers and workers. I liiked also his photos of village-leve people.

Comment on Last Night at the Forum by Jennifer Bonardi

Jennifer Bonardi — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 14:23:42 +0000

Karl, this is Jennifer, the director of the Forum. I wish you hadn’t left, as it seems you missed the audience booing and yelling, “Ask a question!”

Ford Hall Forum honors the First Amendment and, as such, we take pride in allowing the public to ask questions without our censorship. The moderators have the power to instruct the person at the microphone to ask a question and to ask him/her to move on once s/he does so, so that others can ask their questions.

I felt that the moderator (and the audience) handled the situation well, and I am sincerely sorry if that was not your experience. I do hope you and Carol keep coming to the forums and exercise your own right to free speech by asking questions and serving as a model for others.

Comment on Last Night at the Forum by Karl Sharicz

Karl Sharicz — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 11:40:21 +0000

As a FHF member, I’ve been to many forums, but I felt rather unfulfilled with last evening’s discussion on the Politics of Handsome. While the program itself could have benefitted by having at least one male on the panel, the most annoying part is when people like up for the Q&A afterward. Someone really needs to moderate that part a lot better. The same people tend to show up and use the forum to spew their personal political venom. This is a thought-provking session followed by a Q&A session and not one of the first three people that lined up last night asked an actual question. Instead, they used the opportunity to spread their negative vibe and basically tarnish an otherwise inspiring forum. My wife and I got up and left in disgust. Can someone moderating in a future forum please set the guidelines and expectations up front and invite the audience to perhaps yell and or boo anyone who doesn’t follow those guidelines? I’m seriously considering not going to amny future forum until that issue gets sorted out. What a shame.

Comment on Business Ethics and Other Oxymorons by Business Ethics and Other Oxymorons | Business Edition

Business Ethics and Other Oxymorons | Business Edition — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 08:35:20 +0000

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Comment on Business Ethics and Other Oxymorons by Business Ethics and Other Oxymorons | Motivation Live

Business Ethics and Other Oxymorons | Motivation Live — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 01:55:42 +0000