When I was quite young, I used to think that content was all important, form was inconsequential. When I started reading serious stuff, I realized I had been wrong. Form was almost as important as content in some areas. One area where this is especially true is in public speaking. It is very difficult to get your ideas across if you read your speech unless you are an actor or someone versed in the art of public speaking.
I'm prompted to write this because of my activities last night. I and 50 others sat through the reading of twenty-four pages of dry-as-dust commentary about county government, a change in or abolition of which is under consideration here on the Vineyard. Not a good way to spend a half-hour on a July night.
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