tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859118341865282720.post7163624567582215499..comments2024-03-16T22:30:32.183-04:00Comments on Hampton New Hampshire Mad Dog Democrat: Speakers' Corner: On Conversation in the Digital AgeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859118341865282720.post-55966941029517905012011-10-24T16:05:56.406-04:002011-10-24T16:05:56.406-04:00Okay,
You are true believers, the people...Okay, <br /> <br /> You are true believers, the people wandering in the wilderness in Farenheit 491, who have memorized books to preserve them, who do not want to see true literary worth wither--so just for you, a recommendation. Try The Phantom Speaks blog @niftydoc.blogspot.com. If you liked Mad Dog, you may well appreciate the Phantom. Less political, but no less annoying.<br /> --Mad DogAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859118341865282720.post-31737091722539908162011-10-23T02:24:39.244-04:002011-10-23T02:24:39.244-04:00Yeah - hang in there a little while yet. I agree ...Yeah - hang in there a little while yet. I agree about the lack of conversation when the comments are delayed but let me tell you it ain't exactly all that edifying when the moderators post the comments in a reasonably timely fashion. Here in Australia, my preferred newspaper is www.theage.com.au and they often have a comments section attached to articles on line, particularly those related to politics or hot political issues, in particular at the moment, climate change/global warming and the introduction of a price on carbon and CO2 emissions. After you have read the comments over a few days you start to see that most of them come from a hard core of readers and then you start to suspect, particularly when the comments are so personally insulting and poisonous, that many of them are staffers in the offices of politicians. <br />In addition, you are dealing with an extraordinarily and disappointingly high level of general and popular ignorance. In today's Age is an interesting article about the difficulties of getting people to see reason when they are so much more easily influenced by emotion, belief and faith. How can you have a rational conversation about science-based evidence with a population of which 22% believe in witches and 34% believe in UFOs?Jake Gittingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00523763835002186389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859118341865282720.post-33699173058896553512011-10-22T13:45:14.472-04:002011-10-22T13:45:14.472-04:00Is it really necessary to speak to no fewer than 1...Is it really necessary to speak to no fewer than 100 people? - only if you are an entertainer! Putting out thoughtful ideas is of great value - even if your readers do not enter into a online "conversation" with you. You have given them something important to consider which might change their perspective significantly. Hang in there - you are doing a great service - even if you can't hear the applause of 100 or more people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com