[rollei_list] Re: OT: Rational Discussion
- From: Laurence Cuffe <cuffe@xxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:41:04 -0400
On Monday, March 22, 2010, at 06:23PM, "Richard Knoppow"
<dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 2:25 PM
>Subject: [rollei_list] Re: OT: Rational Discussion
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>>> I think one disadvantage of the internet has been the
>>> balkanization of news sources which make it harder for
>>> people to find the common ground nescescary for rational
>>> discussion.
>Snipped
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> I find much the same thing as long as I am hearing
>honest opinion, i.e., not intended simply as provocation.
>Marc is a smart man; he is trained in the law and in
>debating. He also has something of a classical education
>(meaning Latin and Greek). He and I share a bad habit; we
>like to debate; that confuses some people. My dad was a
>lawyer and he and I used to debate all the time,
>occasionally switching sides in the middle. People who did
>not know us thought we were fighting, they simply did not
>understand the jousting.
> I have not weighed in on this disscussion because
>others have expressed my viewpoint better than I could.
>FWIW, my thinking tends to follow Allan Zak's more than
>Marc's but I am a mixture of opinion and if one labels me as
>liberal or conservative they are likely to get surprized at
>some point.
>
>>--
>Richard Knoppow
>Los Angeles
>WB6KBL
>dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
I stand rebuked. I have been getting snippy here. I enjoy these debates, and
find that the tone here can remain remarkably civil. To paraphrase: The
unexamined position is not worth holding.
All the best folks
Larry
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