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cinjin v. tackattack-discussion thread
January 10, 2012 at 5:16 am
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since I still had permissions from earlier, I figure cin invited me so we'll have a debate. This is the discussion are for "Are Love and fear compatible". I won't answer any topical questions until the close of the debate, where we can open it up for more discussion.
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RE: cinjin v. tackattack-discussion thread
January 11, 2012 at 3:51 am
Moved to Philosophy forum so people can actually comment :-)
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RE: cinjin v. tackattack-discussion thread
January 11, 2012 at 6:13 am
lol oops, thanks. Guess I should work on an opener hunh! 
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RE: cinjin v. tackattack-discussion thread
January 27, 2012 at 5:55 am
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Well I guese we should have published it more cinjin. My part's officially done so I'm open to discussions if anyone would like to comment.
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RE: cinjin v. tackattack-discussion thread
January 28, 2012 at 7:54 am
That was a little dirty in your conclusion there cin. Instead of writing a conclusion from my rebuttals you countered my closing statement. Kudos nonetheless because it was thought provoking. I was having a difficult time balancing brevity for readability and thoroughness what about you? I think a word count would have helped, but I think I would have felt too constrained to be creative. A week between rounds seemed appropriate for composition. I could have been done sooner, but I think taking the time to digest an opponents words and taking a little extra time to write and let sit before proofing helped me quite a bit.
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RE: cinjin v. tackattack-discussion thread
January 28, 2012 at 12:19 pm
I rather liked the week duration between posts as well. I also liked that (although we didn't make it a rule) we didn't use hyperlinks to other sites to bolster arguments. Definitely something to be enforced in the future as well.
As for my conclusion ... yeah, I guess that was a bit of a low-jab. Maybe in the future the final conclusions could be posted at the same time simply by PM notification. Basically, whoever prepares his/her argument first lets the other know and then a mutual posting can be made. Mostly because, everybody always wants to get the last word in. Apologies.
It might also be fun to open up the forum to the rest of the members for their comment / critique /ridicule once the debate is concluded. Just an idea.
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RE: cinjin v. tackattack-discussion thread
January 28, 2012 at 6:45 pm
That's why we open a discussion thread as the debate starts for people to discuss. We started it via PM so it's not like there was a heated debate in a thread to bring lots of discussion and people choosing sides. It seemed to get a lot of views though.
I don't mind that you posted after I did and got the last word. It shouldn't have been directed at my conclusion though, only my rebuttal. It's no biggie we weren't really doing anything formal and it's just talk no need to apologize. Many times I wanted to add that I agreed with some of your points, but in the review it was the first to get cut for brevity.
Regardless I had fun and after a bit maybe we'll do it again!
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RE: cinjin v. tackattack-discussion thread
February 7, 2012 at 10:22 pm
(January 11, 2012 at 3:51 am)Tiberius Wrote: Moved to Philosophy forum so people can actually comment :-)
Why do mods always say where threads are moved to and never where they are moved from? We already know where it is, that information is useless!
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RE: cinjin v. tackattack-discussion thread
February 7, 2012 at 10:37 pm
(February 7, 2012 at 10:22 pm)AthiestAtheist Wrote: (January 11, 2012 at 3:51 am)Tiberius Wrote: Moved to Philosophy forum so people can actually comment :-)
Why do mods always say where threads are moved to and never where they are moved from? We already know where it is, that information is useless!
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RE: cinjin v. tackattack-discussion thread
February 8, 2012 at 2:50 am
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