PrintSmith wrote: Well said Arlen - debate is conducted between two opposing and often incompatible points of view with each sides offering a premise and supporting argument to defeat the premise and supporting argument of their opponent in the debate. It is a contest between two opposing forces, not a search for common ground.
Boyle was at a Burger King when a young married couple at a nearby table had an argument. The fight was loud enough for Boyle and other patrons to overhear. They, in effect, gave up their right to privacy among those at the restaurant. But should they have assumed their fight would be broadcast on Twitter and eventually featured on ABC News? Thanks to one guy who decided to take a break from his Whopper and start tweeting, that's exactly what happened. ...he went on to live-tweet the fight, describing details of the argument, even going so far as to broadcast photos and videos of the couple.
The one glimmer of hope I've found in this whole unfortunate mess is the immediate negative reactions others have had, not to the couple's decision to fight in a restaurant, but to Andy Boyle's decision to share the details. In that Burger King, Andy Boyle thought he was listening to the disintegration of a couple's marriage. He was really hearing the crumbling of his own ethics and self-restraint. We can't stand by and let an alliance between technology and poor judgement disintegrate all decency, and turn every human exchange into another tawdry and destructive episode on a never-ending social media highlight reel.
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
I think I need some clarification on what you're asking Heartless: do you mean having any discussion in which blocked posters are participating, and would that make the thread confusing if you don't see their input?
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
