CSMonitor article “Across the Middle East, what would never happen in polite company now appears on broadcasts of The Doha Debates – discussion of controversy.” Check out this recent article from the CSMonitor, to which a student alerted me. I’m a huge fan of debating. I ran debates for many of my classes at Principia, and my students found they were helpful in teaching the skills and art of vocal persuasion. How wonderful to think of this catching on in the Middle East, especially around the topic of off-limits and taboo topics. It would be so much better for a discussion to end up in new levels of meaning rather than violence. Heck, we should be expanding its use in the U.S. as well, as a way to bring back wit, civility, logic, and background into the public debate!
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