We'll be arguing soon...

After reading the first two posts, I'm neither disappointed nor surprised to find a great deal of bias in the voice of the founders of this site. I doubt any unfair management will occur, but the opinions and ideas of the contributors lean one direction more than another. This is great. This is perfect. This is just what we need. We're in need of fervent, enlightened, and zealous debate of the issues that face our generation. Without 'strict scrutiny' of these issues, we'll find ourselves following in the footsteps of our fathers and formulating their own theories--only because they did. And as intelligent individuals, we will find division amongst ourselves when we examine ideas and processes through the lenses of our own backgrounds. Without this division, no conclusions would be made--no unique understandings held--no true opinions formed.

I hope we divide. I hope we can't always agree. If we're going to ever find a 'more perfect' democratic amalgam as the next generation, we've got to find disagreement first. Not the same disagreement as when thousands of young Americans squabbled last November over why Sarah Palin was really that stupid, how Barack Obama was the great Savior, or whether or not John McCain was older than Moses. We need disagreement that engages the Left and Right-so we find out why the Democrat or Republican (or wayward Green Party man) thinks as he does--because when we understand how our opposition thinks, we can truly find some form of agreement amongst ourselves and make principal become policy that works for most.

We'll be arguing soon. We'll need it.
-RW