I sincerely appreciate all that you have done Steve. But maybe it is not so helpful to keep posing this stuff as a "challenge" or contest. Perhaps it might be helpful to instead seek people to "have a conversation" or a "discussion" with the aim being to "help each other to understand why each believes different things", and what kinds o…
I sincerely appreciate all that you have done Steve. But maybe it is not so helpful to keep posing this stuff as a "challenge" or contest. Perhaps it might be helpful to instead seek people to "have a conversation" or a "discussion" with the aim being to "help each other to understand why each believes different things", and what kinds of reasoning each other's beliefs are founded on. True - u will not find many takers.
Also, I kindof believe that most of the people you are battling are perfectly well aware of the truth about these extreme harms, and are absolutely cynical in their flagrant lying. For these people I guess that meaningful dialogue is impossible - and I'm not sure what alternative options our community should pursue to try to dig the world out of this horrible mess.
But I still think that calling on these people to join you in a non-adversarial public discussion will likely be looked on more favourably by observers/public than this kind of "calling people out" for challenges or contest-style debates with judging and point scoring. I think it may risk giving the appearances of descending into something that looks childish - which is absolutely what we need to avoid... my two cents - but it is difficult to know the right answer - and I'm profoundly grateful for all that you do.
I perceive a convention by the flock leaders of the henhouse, continuing to persuade the coalition of head foxes, coyotes, weasels, ferrets, snakes, hawks, and other predators to come to the "table" (not the dining table) for a discussion with the intent to solve the bloody problem of hens going missing. None of the head predators admit to their guilt, yet by the feathers between their teeth, show the truth. Hens' being a bit slow, are convinced of the "goodness" of character these meat eaters claim, and are consistently attempting dialog with then for solutions.
"We the People" are dumbed down, cut off from truth, kept at arm's length from our Constitutional rights, and thereby over-run. The time for dialog is WAAAAAY past. The opposition has shown their true colors shortly after the onset of this thing. It is time to get serious, since time is not a luxury we possess. Dialoging, complaining, asking pleading questions to the perpetrators of this crime wave, is like asking Satan to just be nice for the sake of the good of mankind, and the Creator, who made him and us.
I sincerely appreciate all that you have done Steve. But maybe it is not so helpful to keep posing this stuff as a "challenge" or contest. Perhaps it might be helpful to instead seek people to "have a conversation" or a "discussion" with the aim being to "help each other to understand why each believes different things", and what kinds of reasoning each other's beliefs are founded on. True - u will not find many takers.
Also, I kindof believe that most of the people you are battling are perfectly well aware of the truth about these extreme harms, and are absolutely cynical in their flagrant lying. For these people I guess that meaningful dialogue is impossible - and I'm not sure what alternative options our community should pursue to try to dig the world out of this horrible mess.
But I still think that calling on these people to join you in a non-adversarial public discussion will likely be looked on more favourably by observers/public than this kind of "calling people out" for challenges or contest-style debates with judging and point scoring. I think it may risk giving the appearances of descending into something that looks childish - which is absolutely what we need to avoid... my two cents - but it is difficult to know the right answer - and I'm profoundly grateful for all that you do.
modified the article. great suggestion.
I perceive a convention by the flock leaders of the henhouse, continuing to persuade the coalition of head foxes, coyotes, weasels, ferrets, snakes, hawks, and other predators to come to the "table" (not the dining table) for a discussion with the intent to solve the bloody problem of hens going missing. None of the head predators admit to their guilt, yet by the feathers between their teeth, show the truth. Hens' being a bit slow, are convinced of the "goodness" of character these meat eaters claim, and are consistently attempting dialog with then for solutions.
"We the People" are dumbed down, cut off from truth, kept at arm's length from our Constitutional rights, and thereby over-run. The time for dialog is WAAAAAY past. The opposition has shown their true colors shortly after the onset of this thing. It is time to get serious, since time is not a luxury we possess. Dialoging, complaining, asking pleading questions to the perpetrators of this crime wave, is like asking Satan to just be nice for the sake of the good of mankind, and the Creator, who made him and us.
Ray