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Rae,

Yes I do believe in what I am doing 100%. I feel very angry at the arguments used by the antis, which I perceived to be blatant lies, especially from so called "experts" in the field, who actually knew nothing about the subject at hand. Am I right in thinking that people with ADHD do like to argue, but that we also have an extremely low tolerance of injustice?

In terms of distractibility, this issue has taken up far too much of my time, and it has been very easy to flip from doing some work to going into another forum where this issue is discussed, then doing some more research and so on.

The issue does relate to my main field of work, so I do feel much more qualified to speak about it than most of the opponents, although to be fair, it does affect their lives more than it affects mine. I just wish they would conduct their campaign with integrity and decency.

I should add that they had a protest earlier in the year, where I turned up to challenge them, and got carted away from their demonstration. Fortunately, a camera crew were there to record the event, and when it was on local tv that evening, they were made to look like a bunch of thugs.

The issue is far from over - the council rejected the application, which means it will now be determined by a regional government officer, who is far more likely to approve it.

 

Only you know the answer to that one ideaspring .

But if you honestly believe in what you are doing and not deliberately setting out to cause conflict, then what you are doing is fair and just.

What you may want to consider is that decisions are usually made with the majority vote.  What I would do if I did not agree with the majority is have my say and leave it at that.  I would not continue to be vocal about it as this may and can cause you problems within your community.

I believe now everybody knows where you stand.  Perhaps it is time now just to leave it and allow it to take its course.

One person can make a difference, but you have to have some pretty good convincing arguements.

Alls fair in love and war .  It is interesting to talk with you on this subject.  A friend of mine recently took on big business.  They were trying to get a fish farm started in our bay area, this gentleman almost singlehandedly stopped it, because he believed so strongly that it would be bad for the environment.

I dont fully agree with him, but good for him for succeeding in following through and winning.

If you have the better arguement and can back it up with proof - you are on a winner - except of course if corruption comes into it

Does this sound odd - I went to a controversial local planning meeting yesterday to speak out in favour of a development which has very strong opposition in the community.

Feelings ran so high that myself and a fellow proposer were actually booed off when we finished speaking. In some strange way, I actually enjoyed that - I felt that we were the only ones speaking up for the voice of reason, whereas everyone else there justed ranted on in the usual nimby (not in my backyard) way.

Driving back from the meeting, I just felt that the way I percieved the whole event was from a totally different attitude to everyone else there - yet I didn't think my thought process was warped, just open enough to see both sides & weigh up that the pros massively outweighed the cons, and that there was very little in law which would actually stop this development anyway, so it was far more pragmatic to work on ways to minimise its impact.

I've been very passionate about this particular issue locally, and continue to get incensed by all the "nonsense" (as I percieve it) being talked by the other side.

Or am I just looking to relish a conflict?