Perhaps the Native American practice has some merit wherein each of six (or
eight) tribal council participants were required to advocate specific
aspects of the tribe's future and were assured the opportunity to do so by
their turn at the "peace pipe."
On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 "Ruth H. Axelrod" wrote Re: examples of a bad
decision...........?
>[...]At the time of the decision-making, to the
>decision-makers, the relationships within the group were more important
>than articulating diverse views.
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