I was warned many, many years ago by the great Jonathan Lynn, co-creator of Yes Minister and director of the comic masterpiece My Cousin Vinnie, that Americans are not raised in a tradition of debate and that the adversarial ferocity common around a dinner table in Britain is more or less unheard of in America.
[via Stephen Fry].
Very true, though of course it differs from group to group within America. For example, some vocations can be very debate-oriented (particularly the sciences and some of the more "scientific" arts ... oops, I just let a bias slip). But hang on a second, the director of "My Cousin Vinnie" was the same guy as the co-creator of "Yes, Minister." COOL!
Seriously though, the article makes a good logical argument on a very serious topic. Click on to read the full article, fair warning, it's a "blessay" not a short "dork talk."
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