http://letterz.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/elections-part-ii-information-or-education/ "Information, severed from thoughtful action, is dead, a mind-crushing load" -John Dewey Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:55:21 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://letterz.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/elections-part-ii-information-or-education/#comment-871 livingsmall Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:42:09 +0000 http://letterz.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-871 Well said, Bo. But I wonder: If libraries do, in fact, start hosting discussions and forums on topics like voting, how can they get people to attend? Is it possible to market an event that endeavors to bring people out of their "like-minded enclaves"? A discussion about Seattle-area home ownership is rather innocuous; could you have an equally successful discussion around something as polemical as is voting? Well said, Bo. But I wonder: If libraries do, in fact, start hosting discussions and forums on topics like voting, how can they get people to attend? Is it possible to market an event that endeavors to bring people out of their “like-minded enclaves”? A discussion about Seattle-area home ownership is rather innocuous; could you have an equally successful discussion around something as polemical as is voting?

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