[Winona Online Democracy]
Hello Winona Online Democracy,
Paul Double, how can Steve's points kill the discussion?
Can't the desirable goals of collaborative discussions (co-learning) be one
of our aims?
While most discussions will be soliqoquies (sp?), sermons, and one self
serving....can't we sometimes aim for sometime higher and better...at least
part of the time?
Democracy is sometimes messy but can't it be more than that?
Dwayne Voegeli
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>Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 16:02:32 -0600 (CST)
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>Subject: [Winona] Deliberative Discussion
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>Steve, if you want to kill online democracy forum this is a great way to
>end it-----
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> "It is our hope that the discussions that take place on Winona Online
>Democracy will be ones that
>>tend toward problem solving and consensus building"
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>Boring!
>If it happens it happens.
>If it doesn't we all learn.
>Democracy is not consensus
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>Paul Double
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> >From: "Steve Kranz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 12:06:08 -0600
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>>Greetings Everyone,
>>
>>We've just passed three-months of Winona Online Democracy. Thanks to
>>everyone for contributing to a lively discussion of community issues!
>>
>>I thought this might be a good time to pass along some information I came
>>across regarding "deliberative discussion". It is our hope that the
>>discussions that take place on Winona Online Democracy will be ones that
>>tend toward problem solving and consensus building, rather than ideological
>>debates that primarily seek to convince others of the correctness of an
>>individual's point of view.
>>
>>According to the Kettering Foundation . . . .
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>>"In deliberating, individuals come together and discuss issues that affect
>>them all. They find shared values and decide on a likely course of action.
>>Deliberation can be considered the functional speech of the community, or
>>the formation of the will of the public; the way that a community decides
>>what it wants. Deliberation is based on a recognition of shared values
>>between individuals, and a realization of conflicting values. If the
>>participants are unwilling to see things from another's point of view, the
>>discussion will likely dissolve into unproductive conflict."
>>
>>I hope that as we discuss more challenging issues, we can keep an ethic of
>>Deliberative Discussion and work to recognize the views of others while
>>working to develop specific solutions to issues that affect our community.
>>
>>Thanks for your continued participation.
>>
>>-Steve Kranz, Co-Chair
>>Winona Online Democracy
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