FMC,
I gotta come back to this thread to congratulate you for starting a true discussion here. All the controversy in this article, I'm sure Ben Stein knew it was there when he wrote it. And as a devoted visitor to Spectator.org I was interested to see what letters they'd publish about it. To date, not a one. Unless I missed 'em, if so, I'd crave a correction.
You hosted the dialogue about this column here, and even the publishing site avoided it. I'm pretty sure "they got letters!" about this piece.
Good job! It's stuff like this that makes FR truly the best place in all of cyberspace!
I agree, to be able to debate, sometimes heated, we as a group can agree to disagree and there is nothing wrong with that all.
It is wonderful to be able to have this avenue. It would not surprise me if you were right that this would have the intended affect that it had. I thought perhaps some saw themselves as they read it and lashed out at the messenger rather than themselves. Of course I have concrete evidence but it is an opinion.
I am kind of shocked that the Spectator did not print any letter's as it pertained to Ben's article. With the discussion we have on Free Republic, no telling the free reign on another site -- it could get ugly. Maybe we should send a note to them sharing your observations, letting them know they missed a golden opportunity. Just a thought.
We sure did have a dialogue and that is what I feel FR is all about. I look forward to reading your future comments.
Again thank you so very much.