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Arrogance, Insults, And Audacious Claims Do NOT Make You Right Or A Good Debater
Rational thoughts clearly expressed and backed up by examples, quotations, statistics, logic, definitions, etc. Is the cornerstone of good debate. Wild claims pumped up with attitude and defended with swagger do not make you right or a good debater. Granted it may make you fun to argue with sometimes, but don't be fooled into believing that makes you a sage.
 Grenache  22 Nov 2008 02:55
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I agree, and debates are always so short. No one seems willing to really dig in. One liners or obvious and expected answers are usually all you get.
 
 kkcoyne  22 Nov 2008 15:01
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I'm not so sure about the quotations, but in general logic and evidence are the only real founding for an argument. Ad hominem attacks especially should be stopped on this site, they get in the way greatly.
 
 Quincel  22 Nov 2008 08:06
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 Ad hominen Quincel? Don't you mean a comment relating to the principles or preferences from a particular person rather than to abstract truth or logical cogency. A true analogy would be: 'some arguments, and answers are ad hominem, that is, they respect the thing in question, not simply, but as it commeth from such a man. i.e. Dominus Illuminatio Mea...;-)
by  joe9
 22 Nov 2008 11:18
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What about sarcasm? Can I still at least use sarcasm?
 
 finsch  22 Nov 2008 07:10
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 Sarcasm is Pointless. Honestly, who ever uses sarcasm nowadays...
by  SlyOne
 22 Nov 2008 07:16
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"The power of logic can bring out the beauty of all life. If we all used it, this would be such a beautiful world."

I like this sentiment.
 
 SlyOne  22 Nov 2008 05:29
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 I just thought I would emphasize verum's words here because they seem so fitting.
by  SlyOne
 22 Nov 2008 05:30
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The power of logic can bring out the beauty of all life. If we all used it, this would be such a beautiful world.
 
 verum  22 Nov 2008 05:15
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Boring factual claptrap! Who wants to debate what you already know? You need a bit of fire in a debate to spice it up and make it more interesting. Give me a heated debate anyday of the week. To roast out a wee bit of enlightenment. You can always cool it down with a couple of relevant facts here and there...;-) A debate that is not full of arrogant, and audacious claims that insult your intelligence is a bit like a misille with no nu-clear warhead!! If some people on this site used their brains like dynamite, they wouldn't have enough to blow their nose! If you get my drift? And, if you gave some a couple of cents for their strongest opinionated logical thoughts on reasoning you'd get plenty of change. Present company accepted Grenache. Good debate topic!...;-)
 
 joe9  22 Nov 2008 10:37
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Sometimes I just feel the need;-)
 
 keepmindok  22 Nov 2008 08:00
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Maybe not a good debater or a very influential one...but people have their different ways of expressing their opinions. These debates seem to get people riled up, and you have to expect people bringing their personal lives into it.
 
 bookworm3  22 Nov 2008 03:03
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