Re: New blog post from Philip Hodgetts. Worth the read.

[David Roth Weiss] "Are you trying to be funny Bill, or is this just accidental?"

It's "accidental" in precisely the same way that in classic debate, the "pro" or the "con" sides each argue from a point of view.

I don't try to make the other sides points - and I'm fine that they don't try to make mine.

That's the difference between debate and propaganda, now isn't it?

I know it's a complex concept, David, but in this style of discussion, each party is not required to be "balanced" - but rather to provide the alternative view.

It's presumed that the audience is sophisticated enough to understand that each party might well understand the positions on both sides - and perhaps even agree with some of each.

But debate utterly fails if both parties merely argue the same position.