What an insanely brilliant group name

[canetoad]

Creative Speculation. I love it.

[SidDithers]

1. Agreed...

Finally, an end to the endless "Why was this moved to the Sept 11 Forum?" questions.

Sid

[Hutzpa]

2. hahaha, now I guess they'll be asking

why I'm I in the creative speculation room? and the answer will be
that is because you are very creative.

[zappaman]

3. So, this is the new 9/11?

I like it!

[Ohio Joe]

4. Agreed - nt

[RKP5637]

5. Very Creative!

Now, does that mean the creationists will all come here too!

[MadrasT]

6. Very nice!

[Bonobo]

7. Creating dungeons for controversial issues such as Israel/Palestine, Guns, etc.

And of course 9/11...

Was a horrible move. Not a mistake clearly. It was well-thought out and well-planned, but a sad move which mirrored the general trend in US political discourse to separate people as a means of controlling the narrative.

[timtom]

9. Hey! Dummy up!

You have free speech. Just as long as you stand over THERE! (Behind that wall, so others mightn't see you.)

[Ohio Joe]

18. How does that work?

I mean... Creating a forum for a specific topic controlls the narrative... How? Are not all points of view on the topic allowed?

[Behind the Aegis]

22. How is the "narrative" controlled?

In DU2, anyone could post in those forums, and it is the same now. If people are so all fired interested in the topic(s), then there they are in one easy place to find.

[Bonobo]

23. It is "thinned". It is diluted. Synergy is lessened. nt

[Behind the Aegis]

24. That is not an explaination.

It is a further "analysis" on why it is bad. That doesn't explain how they are "controlled." If everyone has access, and everyone can comment, then how is the conversation "controlled?" Now I have to ask how it is "thinned, diluted?" Basically, why not just have ONE big forum, no sub-forums whatsoever? By breaking things into "pets, photography, comics, TV, feminists, GLBT" are they not also "thinned?"

[Bonobo]

25. No, it is not a further "analysis". Let me try to explain what I mean.

Different things have different levels of import, right? You may be interested in both snowmobiles and human rights issues, but they are not equally important.

By scattering your attention into different areas, by scattering people's efforts into different sub-groups, their power and focused is limited.

As an example, I have french-onion soup in the oven right now that I must attend... it is dinner time here in Japan... and I must run.

I hope to continue the conversation later and I am sorry that I did not have more time to think of a decent response to your (very appropriate) question.

[freshwest]

8. This is gonna be good.

[ellisonz]

10. This reminds me of Contemplative Meditation PE Class in College.

[freshwest]

19. They had a course in navel gazing?

[ellisonz]

20. Yep...

You were required to do 2 years of PE. For those that didn't want to do anything, they had that course.

[Iggo]

11. Fuckin' genius.

[maddezmom]

12. agreed

[Matariki]

13. +1

Love it. Reminds me of the genre name change to Science Speculative Fiction

[Uncle Joe]

14. I like it.

I was going to add a thumbs up smilie to this post, but I don't see where you click on for that?

Thanks for the thread, canetoad.

[canetoad]

16. Smilies are around somewhere

But only a link in one of the Admin's posts. I believe they are still on their way for the final version.

[Uncle Joe]

17. I found them.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/emoticons/index.html

It's a nice expanded list.

[Bolo Boffin]

15. Works for me.

[Sugarcoated]

21. I thought a great title

would be the Tin Foil Hatters group ; )

[Wind Dancer]

26. Wonder who came up with this name?

[T S Justly]

27. Creative Speculation and NIST/FEMA reports together in one place. Good idea! (nt) (nr)