Protocols of the Elders of Sodom

[eldaradan]

Alright. I've had a crush on this queer Scottish author, Hal Duncan, ever since I read Vellum while I was in Germany. (This month Ink, the sequel, finally comes out! I've been waiting for MONTHS!!) Anyway, he writes really good fairly non-linear, vaguely Joycean sci-fi/fantasy on an epic/mythical scale, as well as a blog. Here's a link to a

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[outotoro]

In general, the person who sets the definitons in a debate and the terms of the debate will win.

And of course, the other intresting note is that I would argue that if something is natural then it is in fact most likely immoral - but I'm a pessimist when it comes to people.

[aristos1]

Yeah, look where eating got us...

[eldaradan]

LOL, yes.

[aristos1]

No more Garden for you!

[rohangypsy]

he-he! I've given up hope for most people to be capable of rational thought.

[phoenix_seraph]

 
Apropos the dangers inherent in debate:

I now spend a full section of each rhetoric/writing class focusing on the ethics involved in communication, debate, and persuasive tactics and tricks.

The cheering thing is that it has been quite successful with the students.

The disenheartening thing is that so many of my fellow professors find it incomprehensible that I would want to introduce ethics into a class on writing and rhetoric.