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RE: Drama is Going to Happen, But We Need a Better Place for it.
The majority tend to find a fix, and I agree, that's one of the best reasons for having conflict publically. But yea, it's those rare few that just spiral..and even if the posts and comments themselves go silent...without resolution it just breeds more animosity and distrust.
I like your idea because, actually, the ability to disagree with someone in a civil manner, is a skill that can and should be learned. Your mediation room would therefore have an element of education-always a good thing. Also, having civil disagreements is healthy, with the parties forming deeper relationships and trust. When everyone is in constant agreement, they aren't interacting at all and the result is a dead, "Stepford" environment.
I dedicated a poem to Papa Pepper, on one of his posts that touched on the Stepford thing.
Thank you!
If as a society we truly want to move towards a more free society (define that however is wanted) we have to able to have and deal with disagreements. Just like you said..we can't all just go around superficially smile and nodding, it really gets us nowhere.
We have to be able to have a useful takeaway from disagreements or conflicts, hence the importance of either reaching an 'agree to disagree' point or a mutual resolution. Otherwise, like in the Stepford sense...people just agree (commonly because their scared of conflict) which doesn't really solve any issues.
I'll check out your poem!