Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 10:19:32 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: Alternative?



Yes we former debaters do have our own jargon which does stand out from
the jargon of academia. Education really is just a matter of trading one
set of technicalities for another.  i was impressed by the guy who caught
the scent of forensics so quickly.

Daniel Purdy
Columbia University 

On Fri, 17 Sep 1999 TekUtopia-AT-aol.com wrote:

> Actually, I am a debater; but this question arises more from my own 
> philosophical journey rather than debate. My old debate coach introduced me 
> to Foucault about a year ago (he wrote his doctoral thesis about one of 
> Foucault's theories). Since then, I've been heavily questioning my 
> traditionally humanist, modernist value system.
>