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Richard
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Apr 16, 2012 06:08PM
Really? Its starting bore the shit out of me... actually other than the religion topic the whole group is... we need more people to play devil's advacote...
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Well Devil's advocate is all well and good, so long as members of this group bear in mind that if there is a debate, it's not going to sink into name calling. If we can have a good natured debate without anyone getting offended that would be ideal.
I could play Devils Advacote in each desccusion... could add some fun to my day... I'm rather good at it...
Just so long as everyone is aware that what we're doing is a debate and NOT an argument, I see no reason why devil's advocate can not be brought into play.
Hmm, yes,but I think in the interests of the group as a whole the DA,whoever it might be, and there can be more than one, is able to rationalise their statement, and not just say things to spark debate, such as 'Hitler, her really could have sorted the world out', bearing in mind what they did, while morally reprehensible, was also thoroughly rationalised; Germans were not, and are not idiots, and to convince educated, cultured people to support such a radical decision, there must surely have been an extremely persuasive rationale, which is something we're going to need if this DA idea is going to work, and spark healthy debate.



