Welcome

Welcome again, Colby students. I hope a few of you are here for at least a second time, but for those of you visiting us straight from the civil discourse, welcome.

On this blog, we try to have informed discussion about everything. We tend to be more political than pop-culture, but we're open to anything. If you're tired of the state of discussion on campus, you might want to make this page one of your regular stops on the internet. Anyone can comment on any post. We'd ask you to pick an id, but it is possible to post anonymously as well. If you'd like to become a regular poster, become a regular commenter, and let me know that you'd like to be able to post. We're open to anyone.

One reason I started this blog to promote discourse on campus was that the digest e-mail was becoming too crowded by event notifications, and also nothing arguments. What I mean by that is, when most arguments progressed, there was always someone who started nit-picking about spelling, or someone who starting name-calling, or someone who just didn't respond in good faith. Here, we're all about discussion of ideas, and nothing else is very important.

I didn't decide to set up an extra coffee hour (like some people propose as an alternative to the digest) because they never work. The avenues that exist on campus for face to face discourse are under-utilized, and for good reason. No one ever has time to have an argument at the same time as everyone else...and even if the two sides can meet and discuss amongst themselves, the rest of campus misses out. The internet lists are good because it doesn't matter when you write your response, everyone can read it whenever they want, so more people are included in the discussion.

We'd love to have you join us here, and we can't wait to learn from your ideas. I've already said that you are welcome to comment on any of the existing posts (you might want to start reading from the bottom, cause that's where the ideas are presented first). However, if you don't find something that interests you, just use this post to comment on anything you want.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope to see you again soon.

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