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  2. From: mathew@mantis.co.uk (mathew)
  3. Newsgroups: alt.atheism
  4. Subject: Re: A Challenge
  5. Message-ID: <930127.110630.8Y4.rusnews.w165w@mantis.co.uk>
  6. Date: 27 Jan 93 11:06:30 GMT
  7. References: <C18Aus.42K@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1993Jan25.231023.26524@nmsu.edu> <C1Fqzp.HzG@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
  8. Organization: Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK.
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  12. cobb@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Mike Cobb) writes:
  13. > So it wouldn't be worth the effort to get opposing groups together to try to 
  14. > set up a forum for debate?  
  15.  
  16. I doubt it.  My experience is that Usenet is actually *better* for these
  17. debates than real life, because on Usenet all participants can respond
  18. point-by-point, can't be interrupted, and can retrieve previous sections of
  19. the debate for reference and quotation.  And the oratory skills of the
  20. preacher don't help him sway the audience.
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  22.  
  23. mathew
  24.