RE: "White Noise": The Guide To The Insulting Deflector.
July 29, 2012 at 2:06 am
(This post was last modified: July 29, 2012 at 2:17 am by Reforged.)
(July 29, 2012 at 1:44 am)Shell B Wrote: Yes, but not all class it this way. How is your way superior?
I disagree with the premise of your first statement. If we do it for ourselves, we might as well enjoy it. Honestly, if you think even the majority of people here do it so people can read their debates, you are mistaken. People converse here because conversing is what people do. They don't have to have integrity or live up to anyone's standards. My absolute favorite thing about this place is that you can see it differently than others and it does not fucking matter. This place is not for any one person to govern. Furthermore, it is not a debate forum. It is a discussion forum. Debates sometimes happen.
I didn't say it was. Its simply my way and I've presented it as such.
I do it for myself partially but if thats the only reason then I feel I've missed the point. I am an Atheist partially because I have concluded everyone is fallible, including myself. I depend on the feedback of others to judge whether my points are understood, well phrased and relevant. That is how I improve.
I debate so I may learn from others and others may learn from me.
If I walk away from a debate with nothing more than an insulting dismissal I have failed in that obligation. At that point inferior and childish shock tactics have prevailed over a reasoned argument.
"That is not dead which can eternal lie and with strange aeons even death may die."
- Abdul Alhazred.
- Abdul Alhazred.