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Pastimes : Neocon's Seminar Thread
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To: one_less who wrote (713)4/30/2003 4:32:21 PM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) of 1112
 
In many instances the only way to advance with a discussion is to examine the common ground that might provide premises that would resolve the issue. It is not evident that exacerbating tension is useful, especially when it is somewhat artificial baiting. What is true is that the thorough ventilation of an issue may require avoidance of social agreement, and therefore that those who attempt to impose a consensus may need to be thwarted, if the consensus is simply a way of reacting against unpleasantness. I used to see this at St. John's: upperclassmen frequently gave into the urge to appear to make progress by creating momentum to subscribe to a consensus that was not a true result of addressing issues forthrightly.
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