[Peace] interested in a debate?

[Predrag Tosic]

   Well, "politically Libertarian" folks are usually *NOT*pro-war, unlike
much of mainstream Republicans and especially the war-mongering "Neo-con"
crowds. (For example, my favourite anti-war website, antiwar.com, is run
by the  Libertarian/Conservative kind of folks).

  Likewise, "politically Liberal", contrary to this dude's suggestion, are
typically very much pro-war, especially when the Liberal US Presidents
wage those wars (some 60-70% of wars since WWII, btw), but also pro-war in
general (incl. PRO-THIS PARTICULAR WAR). For some reason, many people tend
to conuse Progressives (usually anti-war, and anti-Imperialist) with
Liberal (usually very pro-war and very pro-Imperialism), and I really feel
this major ideological (and practical) confusion needs to be clarified.

  I'd be glad to forward this suggestion to the U-C Libertarian email
list, and see if they're interested in delegating anyone to participate in
this debate (if there is going to be one, of course).

  Regards,


  Predrag


On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Laura Haber wrote:

> Are any AWARE members (or other anti-war people) interested in participating in
> a debate? Let me know and I'll get back to them.
>
> (see below for more info)
>
> thanks.
>
> -Laura
> --- chirantan mukhopadhyay <cmukhopa at uiuc.edu> wrote:
> > From: "chirantan mukhopadhyay" <cmukhopa at uiuc.edu>
> > To: <l-haber at uiuc.edu>
> > Subject: Debate about US actions in Afghanistan
> > Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 18:20:14 -0600
> >
> > Hello, Laura,
> >
> > I was told by an Allen resident and AWARE member (Carl Burton), that you
> > were the director of AWARE. I'm Chirantan Mukhopadhyay,  former Allen
> > resident and current Philanthropy Coordinator for the Indian Student
> > Assocation. The reason I'm writing is that I'm trying to organize a
> > debate/open forum about the US war in Afghanistan. Basically, my idea for
> > this was to disseminate information to the student body about the events in
> > Afghanistan and address the issue in more of a discussion / debate format,
> > rather than a lecture. I think there's a lot of people either confused or
> > ignorant of what's going on over there, so this kind of thing would benefit
> > them the most. Here's some basic information about, including structure:
> >
> > Format:
> >     - Panel discussion / debate
> >     - Number of participants: 6, from various backgrounds:
> >
> >             1. A student from the region who will argue from mainly a
> > religious (Muslim) persepctive
> >             2. Another student arguing from a religious (Jewish)
> > perspective,
> > possibly from region
> >             3. Politically liberal, anti-war
> >             4. Politically conservative or libertarian, generally pro-war
> >             5. A moral objectivist
> >             6. A media representative
> >
> >     -  Each speaker is given 3 minutes for opening statement. After that,
> > the moderator will ask a question to the panel, and whoever is    interested
> > in speaking on the topic will answer. First response will last at most 2
> > minutes, and we will allow 2 subsequent responses / rebuttals, each lasting
> > at most 1 minute.
> >     - After 45 minutes of panel discussion, we will allow audience to ask
> > questions of particular panelists or the whole panel for another 45 minuts
> >
> > My main idea for AWARE's role in this would be to supply a rational,
> > well-spoken, well-informed anti-war advocate to speak on our panel, and also
> > to help publicize it, along with all the other groups involved. If you're
> > interested, please get in touch with me by Monday. Thank you so much, and I
> > hope we can work together.
> >
> >
>
>
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