·Reexamining IconsToday's discussion
Reexamining Icons: The Critique of Gandhi and Mother Teresa
A 60-minute session on how we judge the people we were taught to look up to. Gandhi and Mother Teresa are the starting point: both admired by millions, both criticised by people who lived close to their work. The cards are not about settling a verdict on either of them. They are about how we judge heroes: by their time or ours, by their worst words or their later growth, by their public work or their private lives. Twelve independent cards; open three or four. (Held 1 September 2024; archived board.)
How we do this
Be respectfulDisagree with the point, never the person.
Raise your hand to speakSo nobody has to talk over anybody.
Keep it shortSay the thing, then let the next person in.
Discussion is encouragedReply to each other, not just to the question.
Tangents are allowedIf the room follows it, it is the discussion.
This is a safe spaceWhat is said here stays in the room.