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You're being overemotional
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 (February 24, 2015 at 3:27 pm)LastPoet Wrote: It really depends if I'm quitting to smoke or not. The answer would be essencially the same, but the emotional (to others) charge would be different. Reported. 
Careful parkers, we don't want anyone else to be banned for reporting posts unfairly. By the way, can an admin be banned?
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 (February 24, 2015 at 3:53 pm)Dystopia Wrote: Careful parkers, we don't want anyone else to be banned for reporting posts unfairly. By the way, can an admin be banned? I think it would be like banning god...
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Sometimes being emotional does make you wrong.
Take an abortion debate. I will pro abortion debate you all day long. My stance being that all abortion should be legal and only the pregnant woman (even if she is a minor) and her doctor should have any say in the decision. But if you prick one wrong nerve I will have to leave the conversation and come back later, because emotionally speaking I don't like abortion because of my personal history I can get quite emotional if certain buttons are pushed. At that point I'm not longer emotionally stable enough to make a rational argument. Being emotional when debating is only natural, especially when you're debating something you're passionate about. It's when you allow your emotions to hinder your ability to think rationally that it becomes a problem. 
While being emotional can make you irrational, it doesn't disqualify a logical argument. Emotions and logic are not mutually exclusive, IMO, and the former shouldn't be a problem as long as the latter is there.
RE: You're being overemotional
February 25, 2015 at 3:52 pm
(This post was last modified: February 25, 2015 at 4:06 pm by Losty.)
(February 22, 2015 at 10:52 pm)bennyboy Wrote:(February 22, 2015 at 9:49 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: I don't think it's possible to enter into a discussion about something you care about without emotion. I don't understand your objection to swearing in posts. That being said, I have found that if you refrain from swearing at people, they will generally also refrain from swearing at you. Even in the most heated debate (not that I've had many but I have had some) people very rarely swear at me. I also think it's handy to be able to tell the difference between when someone is swearing and when they are swearing at you. Because one isn't a big deal and the other is rude. (February 25, 2015 at 3:50 pm)Norman Humann Wrote: While being emotional can make you irrational, it doesn't disqualify a logical argument. Emotions and logic are not mutually exclusive, IMO, and the former shouldn't be a problem as long as the latter is there. I was just saying that sometimes your emotions can render your argument invalid and sometimes it doesn't. It's wise to know the difference and regulate your own posts accordingly.  RE: You're being overemotional
February 25, 2015 at 3:57 pm
(This post was last modified: February 25, 2015 at 3:58 pm by robvalue.)
That's a very valuable skill to be able to realize when your own emotions are starting to cloud your thinking. I've found a lot of people are unaware of it, which is why I tend to halt debates when someone is getting really steamed up and I can see them being irrational. And I too remove myself if I feel emotions getting the better of me on a subject, until I can think calmly about it. I sometimes choose to abandon a topic altogether on here, if I find it too much of an emotional subject for me to discuss without getting more upset. Doesn't happen often, but now and again.
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Again, let's not conflate discussion with debate. I agree, if we are debating even semi-formally that there is a modicum of restraint that is understood.
But the point of the OP was more along the lines of discussion in an online forum. I would argue that color and emotion is vital.
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