http://dis-engage.blogtex.com
- - - - by Yoel.Ben-Avraham
I've set up a Blogware blog to act as a central repository of articles and essays on the issue. Joseph Norland and I agreed that my site should be separate for the simple reason that, although I am one hundred percent against the Sharon government initiative both in practice and in principle, my approach to working against it, in this instance, is to attempt to solicit arguments for both sides! Not everyone agrees with me, so be it!
None-the-less, in the hope that most of you will understand and assist, let me explain.
- My basic reason is because I do not want to "preach to the converted" (although even that I appreciate is important, see my "flagship" blog, YeshaSpeaksOut.org). Instead In feel that if I could attract enough articles both in favour and against, there is a greater likelihood that individuals who are wavering will visit my site and explore both sides of the issue.
- By playing the role of "neutral debating venue" I have a greater likelihood of attracting participation by key players on both sides. In fact I am aggressively soliciting articles from each and every member of the Israeli knesset and other key "spokespersons" and pundits who have taken a public stand on the issue. I intend to add a "Record" for each, and to indicate when (and how many times) I've solicited their participation.
- If the site does succeed in drawing quality material from both sides, I will have the ability to create links between articles of opposing opinions, facilitating a reader's ability to see at one reading both sides of the specific issue, and judge for themselves.
- Finally, if even half of the above succeeds, I feel there is a greater likelihood that publications and Internet sites that would otherwise shun a partisan issue, will never the less mention this site as it purports to represent all sides of this very important and critical issue.
You may not agree with me, and that is your priveledge. My argument is that by placing truth and distortion-of-truth side-by-side I know which the intelligent reader will chose. More-over the objective here is to attempt to attract people into rethinking their views by empowering them with both facts and opinions they otherwise would never intentionally seek out.
How can you help?
- Please send me every article/op-ed/essay/fact-sheet you encounter. I will contact the author to solicit their "permission" to publish it on the "Dis-Engage" site.
- Join me in the process of collecting and publishing all this material and promoting the site to as broad an audience as possible.
I look forward to both your feedback, and contributions.
Yoel Ben-Avraham
Moderator
"Dis - Engage"
(Edited by site administrator for formatting, [o:p] entries damage blogger site feed.)