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Zealots welcome too…

Yesterday’s Australian carried this: Boyer’s address to the Radio in Education Conference, January 1946: THERE seem to me to be two types of mind in any community. The first and the most numerous are those who are frankly indifferent to … Continue reading →

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Democracy is strongest when…

Posted on May 16, 2012 by

From an editorial in today’s Age: “However strongly people in power might resent the right, citizens should not be denied free expression. Democracy is healthiest when contending views are exposed to debate and rebuttal. A politically constrained and uninformed ”debate” … Continue reading →

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Antidote to Tribalism

Posted on May 1, 2012 by

“The great thing about YV is that I could see what informed the opposing votes, and therefore what values I shared with the people who made them. It made it easier not to lapse into tribalism, defending my in-group and … Continue reading →

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