[Peace] [Peace-discuss] report back from the AWARE demonstration yesterday afternoon

[John W.]

I can't tell if you liked our replies or not.  Of course your primary
purpose is not simply to make people feel stupid.  But it's extremely
difficult to engage people in meaningful dialogue in the space of seconds.
 With many people I've tried unsuccessfully for YEARS.

John Wason


On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 12:48 PM, ya'aQov <yaaqovz at gmail.com> wrote:

*I am compiling your answers, thank you all. *
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> *The mother who replied 'My son is in the Army, so I can't be anti-war'
> is one of those the demo was intended for. Sure, it's easy to preach to the
> choir, come up with wonderful retorts to those thinking like us (and, force
> of habit, maybe no longer thinking about these issues) in the comfort of
> eMail. *
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> *I'm not sure the intent is to demo to someone s/he is stupid, rather,
> prod some thinking, second thoughts. *
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> *The whole exercise is so we go to demo, and prod thoughtful
> conversations in the space of seconds. For people telling us via slogans
> how to think better, we can watch TV at home. *
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