Re: [OT] if not here, where to go for political discussion?

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

At 09:56 AM 4/26/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>
>Can Ari or anyone else recommend a good discussion server for current Jewish 
>political issues? I want to be reading such mail, and perhaps Elliot K.and 
>the other people who want to discuss such topics could subscribe also to 
>that list.

I respond as someone who is somewhat disillusioned as to the likelihood of 
getting a group of disparate strangers to discuss meaningful political issues 
online in a manner that is discussive and respectful, or even satisfying (as 
opposed to the usual shouting one at the other). After fifteen years online, I 
do not want to build up anyone's expectations that this is even as easy as 
putting together a group of people who meet face to face to discuss difficult 
political issues.

But, this list (jewish-music) is hosted by Shamash, which hosts another 500 
lists of Jewish interest. You can review the names of those that are public at 
http://shamash.org/help/listoflists.shtml . I would be surprised if there were 
not a few political lists of various slants worth trying out.

ari




Ari Davidow
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