17th March 2011, 08:15 PM
Amazing...I have personally felt that over the last few weeks there has definitely been a positive push in the right direction towards some real action. The time for change certainly seems to have come. The problem is how we move this onwards without getting lost. As already pointed out by BAJR, there has been a lot of talk over the years but very little has got done. That is not to say that there haven't been any solutions to the problems, they just haven't gone anywhere.
I will be honest. I often get confused on this forum struggling to understand the various issues and ideas due to the wealth of problems and their varying contributing factors. I also feel that sometimes this can be made a little worse when translated into historical analogies. I don't wish to criticise any efforts to improve our situation but I do believe that we need to keep things simple and focussed.
May I suggest that we start by making a simple list of the problems that are facing us at the moment. The BAJR website has years of issues and possible solutions to each of them but they all seem to get lost in the noise of our various problems. Taking this simple list as a starting point we can then think about how we deal with these problems, be it starting a campaign, facebook group, whatever. . If nothing else this would help me get my head around what we want to do...
I will be honest. I often get confused on this forum struggling to understand the various issues and ideas due to the wealth of problems and their varying contributing factors. I also feel that sometimes this can be made a little worse when translated into historical analogies. I don't wish to criticise any efforts to improve our situation but I do believe that we need to keep things simple and focussed.
May I suggest that we start by making a simple list of the problems that are facing us at the moment. The BAJR website has years of issues and possible solutions to each of them but they all seem to get lost in the noise of our various problems. Taking this simple list as a starting point we can then think about how we deal with these problems, be it starting a campaign, facebook group, whatever. . If nothing else this would help me get my head around what we want to do...