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<font size="4">This week, I've watched and given thought to Kenneth
Ing's 84-minute video presentation <b><i>A Critique Of The
Proposed 8th Principle of Unitarian Universalism </i></b>(readily
available at </font><font size="4"><a
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOJcp2s1-Pg"
target="_blank" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOJcp2s1-Pg</a>).
In this video, Ing, visible in a small picture-in-picture window
at screen top-right, presents a lecture critiquing the 8th P, with
the screen largely devoted to PowerPoint-type slides that
communicate his messages. It's an effective format that puts his
message and content first.<br>
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Yes, I did find a segment of this video, about-15-minutes-long,
that coherently summarizes Ing's concerns about the 8th P and his
beliefs about its potential major and severe consequences for
Unitarian Universalism. This segment is exactly "</font><font
size="4"><span dir="auto" style="" class="style-scope
yt-formatted-string">Part 2 : Questioning the Interpretation of
the Proposed 8th Principle" within his video. Part 2 <u>begins
9 minutes 42 seconds (9:42) into the video and ends at time
25:37, a span of just under 16 minutes</u>. Ing is
reductionist -- he persuasively examines and interprets each key
word or phrase within the 8th P text and integrates this content
into an overall interpretation of the text and its consequences.
His interpretations involve some (plainly stated) assumptions
about the intent behind chunks of the text, but I'd call his
assumptions reasonable and he defends them. His affect as
speaker is calm, straightforward, rational, credible and clear
throughout. His slides are in large, readable type and use color
effectively.<br>
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</span>With equally good, message-diverse video segments from
other speakers, Ing's Part 2 could work in the "other voices"
educational program that Edie suggested. I think we should go
forward with this effective idea. It adds variety to our Work
Group's offerings. This program needs a narrator who explains what
the program will present, introduces each video segment and its
author in turn, then facilitates Q&A and discussion. While
such a program has the weakness that the speakers can't respond to
questions and comments, a balanced suite of videos can offer a
rich external-to-UUAA spectrum of 8th P opinion.<br>
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Phil</font>
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