Flickr is generally used for collections of high resolution images, with the comments area serving as a grounds for conversations that stretch on indefinitely.
In one impressive and quietly comic section of "To Change the Church," he recounts the aftermath of the Second Vatican Council three times, from three points of view, setting exaggerated tribal grievances next to details of undeniable truth, as if slowly turning over events in order to find an acceptably clean ground for conversation.
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For that reason I hope that APEC be a fruitful ground for conversation, and a turning point for all of our interconnected economies.
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I feel that Amandla's comments, and subsequent post, could have been grounds for a conversation about cultural appropriation and racism.
This is also a great opportunity to find people with similar interests, setting the ground work for conversation and passions.
There was no common ground for a conversation and we slid away into the crowd.
It is safe to say, although many would argue the point, that in New York City sports provide the most common ground for routine conversation among friends and strangers — among men, anyway.
Laboratories are natural breeding grounds for collaboration and conversation-reagents are shared, coffee and tea are drunk, journal club is hosted.
