RIGHT ON MIKE!
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Cole
To: xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
Sent: 10/1/2001 11:27 PM
Subject: why to avoid impossible conversations
Paul and Eric-- your interchange illustrates perfectly what happens when
people on xmca venture into topics well beyond their joint areas of
competence.
Eric-- you either did not read paul long enough or with enough care to
understand
that he was not justifying the killings in new york.
Paul-- Quesetions like, "can you read for comprehension" add nothing
except
bile to the discourse.
Collectively, your interchange reinforces the prior experience of xmca
discussions. When we wander into areas where we have insufficient common
grounding, this medium ceases to be useful. It is demonstrably fragile
even
when we constrain ourselves to areas where we (presumably) have some
common
grouding.
Take it offline if you feel compelled to, but spare the many people on
xmca
who have very limited access that kind of conflict. Please
mike
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