group host / statement of purpose

[Gormy Cuss]

7. I object to limiting discussion to just today. There are many DUers who don't visit forums daily,

who post only on the weekend, who post only during work hours, who may be on vacation, etc. IMHO we should leave the thread open for at least a week.


As to the SoP language, the first bullet leaves the impression that there is no room to discuss gender, class etc as it relates to feminism. If that is the intent, I object . If it's not the intent then I see no point to highlighting those attributes in that way.

I find the third bullet problematic in that it nixes one form of intolerance (calling people "uptight, sexually-repressed prudes" ) while introducing another (women who argue that pornography and the sex industry needs to be discussed from more than one viewpoint) and as such represents a violation of the fifth bullet because it is an attempt to dismiss some women and their views on such issues.


As to a host, I'm still thinking about who would be best primary host but I would like to see two or three cohosts representing a broad range of philosophy.

eta: IMHO we should discuss and agree on an expanded SoP first since at least two of the host candidates have stated that they aren't interested based on inclusion or exclusion of the proposed SoP. Trying to accomplish both in the same thread, especially while trying to limit the discussion to today feels like unnecessary urgency. There's been exactly one dust-up here since DU3 went live. We can take the time to reach consensus from many subscribers rather than just those of us who are here daily.