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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