January 8, 2005

It's The Other Side's Fault

I used to post frequently on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch forums in their various incarnations (my user name was, oddly enough, kevin murphy) but got tired of it for various reasons - one of which was the polarization of the debate. Where once there was a group of people discussing various issues (endlessly without conclusion), there became two sides locked in a life and death struggle to show that the other side was evil root and branch. Mark at Kaedrin has noticed the same thing and has decided to try a new approach suggested by Benjamin Franklin. I'm hoping he'll let us know how it turns out.

Posted by Kevin Murphy at January 8, 2005 9:47 AM | Inside Bloging
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I've had mixed results, depending on who I'm debating. To be sure, I'm no Franklin, and sometimes can't hold myself back, but I try to just keep my responses to the subject at hand. I think I've gotten at least a few people to calm down a bit and/or consider a different viewpoint, which is about as good as I could hope in today's climate... Thanks for the link:)

Posted by: Mark at January 8, 2005 2:10 PM