Re: Sparacino's Un-meetable Burdens

[asnider@zoo.uvm.edu (Alfred C. Snider)]

Cori Dauber says:

>You present stages of arguments as if each, in turn, was resolved, when
>the reality is many of us have just bailed on public discussion. I havent
>posted publicly on this for about a month, and wont again after this, it
>isnt worth the heartache.

Heartache?

"bailed on public discussion"

Yow! Something is happenin' here. What it is ain't exactly clear.

It sounds like a monster movie -- "the debate topic so terrifying that
seasoned debate coaches wouldn't even talk about it."

Perhaps I am missing something here.

But I am starting to formulate some conclusions. I will be sharing them
when they congeal.

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