Andrea wrote:
>I wish you would use a bit more selection in your choices of what
>"interesting" things you pass along. I don't think this is an
>appropriate forum for general purpose political discussion,
Well, Dr. Brin obviously disagrees with you, since more of his posts have
been about general purpose politics than science fiction as of late.
Take that for what its worth.
>If I'm in a minority here, I'll shut up, and just ask that the politics
>threads be kept marked so I can procmail filter them.
Of course, its ironic that the last person to make a passing reference to
abortion on this list was you, Andrea. In fact, you were mildly involved
in that Supreme Court thread. In fairness, you tried hard to avoid
mentioning the topic by name, but nonetheless we all knew what you were
referring to. After all, this debate is a fact of life in our country,
and it is irrational to believe that the word "abortion" shall never be
spoken on this list again.
>Nobody has *ever* changed anyone elses' mind on abortion with a
>debate on Usenet or mailing lists.
I think that you just don't try hard enough.
> When people do change their
>minds it's after personal thought.
And in my experience, those seeds of thought are planted in vigorous
discussion.
> What debates in fora like this
>*do* do is generate a lot of anger, much heat a little light, and
>reiterate positions that have been repeated ad nauseum a hundred
>times before.
Of course, everything in my most recent post was completely previously
unmentioned on this list, despite our many go-rounds at the topic. Hardly
ad nauseum.
JDG
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