I have been involved in various email lists since 1988 and I can say
that I've changed my mind on maybe half a dozen things primarily from
reading the exchanges between others. So, no, maybe you and D. Mike
can't shake the other person, but maybe you can affect others who may
be reading. And, second, is the purpose of discussion, trying to
convert the other person to one's own way of thinking? I enjoy the
lively exchange of ideas. I like to see the process of conversation
and don't expect a capitulation by one party or the other.
Thom (learning a lot from your lively exchange with D. Mike) Duncan
On 10/24/07, Alex Hall <narfnarfsillywilly@???> wrote:
> Martindale -
>
> History does not have to repeat itself. We do not have to continue
> slamming each other's rhetoric in the ground believing that either
> will change their mind to accommodate the other's point of view. I
> got what I think out - and it was a lot of steam, and it felt good,
> because I have some _very_ hot contention against a lot of the ideas I
> think are implicit and explicit in your rhetoric - and you've returned
> your steam, and I could argue with it until I'm blue in the face (to
> what extend you have only guessed), but most importantly, we both feel
> vindicated and justified, and we can just let that simmer into the
> next century, because I have better things to do. Or, if you can
> recount to me the last time someone changed your mind ;) I'll tell you
> the last time someone changed my mind, and things might get more
> encouraging. .. Except that I have better things to do.
>
> Alex Hall
>
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