Tuesday, December 1/2015

Follow debate in British parliament on whether to bomb ISIS/Daesh in Syria. Struck by the (mostly) informed, articulate, and civil nature of the debate, despite the passionate opinions held. Have seen no (was going to say few but that would be inaccurate) debates in the Canadian House of equal caliber. Particularly good to see that speeches were largely without benefit of notes, the theory but not the practice in Canada where head down muttering into a sheaf of script prevails. Genuine debate. Able to watch streamed on ipad until wifi proves unequal to the effort.