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10-24-08, 10:06 AM #13
Re: On the Efficacy of Debate in the "Off the Servers" board.
I think it depends on the type of the debate. I don't care who you are or what you say, you won't be changing my faith based on some article or statistical information I read on the internet. You might be able to convince me that Obama is somewhat qualified for Presidency, but not much more than that.
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10-27-08, 09:19 AM #14
Re: On the Efficacy of Debate in the "Off the Servers" board.
Originally Posted by Trvs
Originally Posted by SoySoldier
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10-27-08, 06:53 PM #15
Re: On the Efficacy of Debate in the "Off the Servers" board.
Originally Posted by Mudstalker
An inevitable aspect of being a muse is that he will piss people off. ...bigdog... calls it standing in your own ashes which are easily blown off the table. Don't ask me how I know that. It is the job of the muse to figure it out and file it away for future reference.
A muse must therefore be ready to be despised or site banned at any time. If and when that happens he must thank the people for kicking his ass and teaching him a lesson. Giving less than honest thanks proves that the muse was really just a drama queen.
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10-28-08, 06:07 AM #16
Re: On the Efficacy of Debate in the "Off the Servers" board.
Good thing I do my research on every topic I talk about then .
And I don't mean going as far as to piss people off, I hate flame wars. I'd rather state an argument that has holes in it that would be obvious to someone intelligent, which would then cause an intelligent response. And hopefully by questioning their beliefs in that way I can get them to THINK about what they believe in and maybe get them to learn something about what they believe in.
Kinda jumbled together, might not have gotten my point across, but I'm tired. So whatever.
EDIT: Oh, also. A great way to end a flame war is to put forward an argument like I've mentioned. Did it in my Colin Powell thread. But unfortunately another flame war started that caused it to be locked :3
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11-01-08, 07:54 PM #17
Re: On the Efficacy of Debate in the "Off the Servers" board.
Mud,
I used to leave holes in arguments as well. It backfired on me. Each time I ended up looking like a fool and had to explain myself. If I could sum up my lessons-learned it would go like this:
Provide answers, not problems.
Peace
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11-01-08, 11:13 PM #19
Re: On the Efficacy of Debate in the "Off the Servers" board.
Arguing is hard work. Many of us would like to think that when we speak people will be persuaded. That's simply not the case. Arguing a simple issue can be a lifetime endeavor.
It took decades for the Supreme Court to be persuaded that it was OK for them to be recorded. Their concern was that people would take sound bites out of context. What they foresaw was YouTube-type cheap persuasion.
Here is an example of what a real argument before the U.S. Supreme Court entails. It deals with many juicy issues.
http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/..._969/argument/
In real life there are no conspiracies, only fatigue of the angry.
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11-02-08, 07:13 AM #20
Re: On the Efficacy of Debate in the "Off the Servers" board.
Originally Posted by MotoZ
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