What do you think about the speaker NOT being disabled-think about it?
The people you recommended debate in a public setting -have you ever heard
them do so?
Phyllis
On Frihe peopple you suggested as s, 15 Oct 1999, Lennard Davis wrote:
> I'd love to debate with Singer. I spent all day yesterday driving from
> Binghamton to NYC having my own private debate with Singer. Judging from
> the response in my car, I won. But I WAS the only person in the car.
>
> This discussion only reiterates what I've been saying that we need to have
> a PR/speaker's bureau. I can think of any number of people to add on to
> Adrienne who would be able to argue Singer into a corner....Paul Longmore,
> Tom Shakespeare, Rosemarie Thomson, Simi Linton, Harlan Hahn, Nancy
> Mairs....there's no shortage of persuasive argumentive sorts amongst us.
> And there's no reason we should not get pro-active about finding people who
> like to argue, are good in public, can handle an audience, and then
> assembling a list of would-be speakers. I hope that people will take this
> issue up at SDS this year. I know there have been others who have
> backgrounds in journalism, rhetoric, public speaking who have been
> advocating this.
>
> In the meantime, I'll look into things like getting The Nation to host a
> debate on this subject. If anyone has a venue they think would be
> appropriate, perhaps we can stage further debates.
>
>
> Best,
>
> Lennard J. Davis
> Professor and Graduate Director
> Department of English
> Binghamton University
> Binghamton, NY 13902
> 607-777-2770 Fax: 607-777-2408
>
>
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