I finally got some free time, so I came here to check out the forums.  I was encouraged by a friend to come here and open a debate room, so after much hem-hawing about it, I came and asked Koach about it.  He helped me set it up pronto and wa-laa.... #Viewpoint chat room was born on Koach.com chat.  
 
I've been coming to chat almost every evening later in the evening and getting to know a few people.  Last night was alot of fun when Alex and a couple other people began discussing the topic of being a web designer.  Well,,, it just so happens that is something I know a little bit about, so I joined in and eventually a lively debate ensued. It was alot of fun, too!
 
I can't be in my room all the time because I work all day and my early evenings are tied up.. plus I've made it a point to excercise on my mini trampoline every evening for about 40-50 minutes.  I began doing it on Saturday, Feb. 16 '08, and I haven't missed a night yet.  This coming Saturday night will make it 6 weeks straight that I haven't missed a night exercising. They call it 'rebounding'.  It's supposed to be very low impact exercise and I'm hoping it'll help me breath better and lose some weight.  I have exercise induced asthma so it has been difficult for me to do anything that gets my heart rate going, but as of today, I am breathing better, and can go a good 50 minutes on the trampoline jogging and I don't have any asthma problems.  
 
Anyway, I hope everyone will use #Viewpoint when they want to argue/debate a topic with other people.  My hope is to eventually have a bot in there that'll teach various debate techniques and how to skillfully argue a point with your opponent without getting angry or even frustrated.  
 
Hope to see you there soon!
 
Echo ......

Hi Echo and welcome to Koach.com!!  It's great to see you here and I hope you like it as much as the rest of us do.    Best wishes with your room and I hope it's successful!

thanks, Crysta, Wolf, and Nan!    I'm enjoying meeting everyone and chatting again.

Quote from Koach on 03/29/08 at 14:19:29:

Thanks Koach ..  thanks for having me.

Hiii Michelle!    How are you?

Echo I have a debate or discussion for you .. I mentioned it in the Politics Thread.
 
Considering the Beijing Olympics will start later this year and that the Olympic Torch Relay is  underway around the world, and considering the protests already that have caused the flame to be diverted in a way that many who are genuinely interested just haven't had a chance to see the flame pass by ................. do you think politics and sport should be mixed?  Would you boycotte the Olympic Games in Beijing.  Do you KNOW what the demonstrations are about?