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Re: Libertarian debate in danger of pollution (was Re: Will Libertopia cause the needy to get less?
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lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 4 Dec 2000 22:37:44 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
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> I'd be curious as to the general perception of the readership
> about .debate--I know a lot of people deliberately stay out of
> it, some like me sort of dip through it voyeuristically, and then
> there are a handful who really really enjoy the sparring.
Well, I can tell you my perception has changed since I accidently fell into a
debate recently. You know those people who have an inner smugness from the
knowledge that in any given gathering of people they are generally smarter than
just about everyone else? (Sure you do!) When you assemble them all together
guess what you have-- participants in .debate! (And we know the people here
whose smugness manifests itself outwardly. ;-) ) It can be a jarring
experience to find yourself in a group in which you are intellectually only
average, if that. But then, we are the people who need that kind of experience
the most.
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> When you get this many intellectually gifted souls in one place,
> from all over the world, all different ages, sexes, colours,
> creeds, religions--you're going to have fresh encounters. Even
> when nobody's mind is changed, at least someone reading probably
> learns *something* they didn't know before, and that's an incre-
> mential victory, isn't it?
Yes!
> In short, I feel like it ain't broke, so I don't really think it
> needs a-fixin'.
Agreed.
What I still can't understand though, is how a group of such smart people can
have so much trouble with a word like verdigris!
Maggie C. (who finds the actual sparring torture, but who remains a loyal
voyeuse)
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