I wholeheartedly agree with Bruce Moon's comments concerning the way
debate is conducted on some mailbases.
I am reminded of Paulo Freire, in'Education as the Practice of
Freedom', talking of the differences between a radical and a sectarian:
"The man who has made a radical option does not deny another man's
right to choose, nor does he try to impose his own choice. He can
discuss their respective positions. He is convinced he is right, but
respects another man's prerogative to judge himself correct. He tries
to convince and convert, not to crush his opponent."
Freires notion of 'critical transitive consciousness' which enables
people to "enter into dialogue" with their world and is characterized
by (amongst other things) "openness to revision" and "by soundness of
argumentation; by the practice of dialogue rather than polemics" also
seems pertinent here.
Paul
P.M. Gutherson
Research Scholar
School of Art and Design
Staffordshire University
Stoke
Stoke on Trent
ST4 2XN
Tel: 01782 294602
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