Whaaaaaaatt???? What's happening in Canada??

[Maple Leaf]

Originally Posted by Rachel

It's not the facts so much - it's just if someone is going to actively engage in a discussion about a controversial issue, they don't have to know all the ins and outs of the issue .. it's not their field of study (I can understand that). If they make an effort to just research a definition of the issue and the arguments behind it, it goes quite a way in bridging the gap for communication and discussion.

Your point is well taken. I think that one benefit of the larger number of our youth advancing their education will be a general upward trend in the level of dialogue on a variety of issues.