Being An Adult Means Being Responsible For Your Actions!

I agree that they are entitled to be ridiculous, however I think it depends on the reasoning of the person who has multiple avatars. If the use of multiple avatars is simply to win a debate, I can see that they are just people who want to win a debate badly enough to come up with multiple avatars. The part of having multiple avatars that bothers me is that when one comments to one of the avatars on one response and finds that they are then commenting to the same person with a different avatar on the very same debate, it becomes insulting to the intelligence of the person who is being reasonable and debating their point out of conviction and not just to win. Mainly, this is the case when the multiple avatars argue on both sides, which seems to serve little purpose to me. They cannot "win" a debate by posting a response on both sides. I personally got fed up with having an argument on two different sides of a debate with the same individual. Not to mention the fact that, some people on here do veer off of the topic and have a personal conversation while commenting on a debate. Then, one is stuck thinking they are writing to one individual avatar, when in fact, that avatar is one of many for some individuals. Choosing to have multiple avatars demonstrates someone who is a coward and who does not want to take responsibility for something offensive that they have said. I do recognize that it takes all types of people to make this world an interesting place, but tricking other seems rather underhanded to me. (I realize that many of the multiple avatars are easily traced to the same individual, but some are not.)

my2cents2u

26 Apr 2009 18:45

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I agree that they are entitled to be ridiculous, however I think it depends on the reasoning of the person who has multiple avatars.  If the use of multiple avatars is simply to win a debate, I can see that they are just people who want to win a debate badly enough to come up with multiple avatars.  The part of having multiple avatars that bothers me is that when one comments to one of the avatars on one response and finds that they are then commenting to the same person with a different avatar on the very same debate, it becomes insulting to the intelligence of the person who is being reasonable and debating their point out of conviction and not just to win.  Mainly, this is the case when the multiple avatars argue on both sides, which seems to serve little purpose to me.  They cannot "win" a debate by posting a response on both sides.  I personally got fed up with having an argument on two different sides of a debate with the same individual.  Not to mention the fact that, some people on here do veer off of the topic and have a personal conversation while commenting on a debate.  Then, one is stuck thinking they are writing to one individual avatar, when in fact, that avatar is one of many for some individuals.  Choosing to have multiple avatars demonstrates someone who is a coward and who does not want to take responsibility for something offensive that they have said.  I do recognize that it takes all types of people to make this world an interesting place, but tricking other seems rather underhanded to me.  (I realize that many of the multiple avatars are easily traced to the same individual, but some are not.)

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I agree that they are entitled to be ridiculous, however I think it depends on the reasoning of the person who has multiple avatars.  If the use of multiple avatars is simply to win a debate, I can see that they are just people who want to win a debate badly enough to come up with multiple avatars.  The part of having multiple avatars that bothers me is that when one comments to one of the avatars on one response and finds that they are then commenting to the same person with a different avatar on the very same debate, it becomes insulting to the intelligence of the person who is being reasonable and debating their point out of conviction and not just to win.  Mainly, this is the case when the multiple avatars argue on both sides, which seems to serve little purpose to me.  They cannot "win" a debate by posting a response on both sides.  I personally got fed up with having an argument on two different sides of a debate with the same individual.  Not to mention the fact that, some people on here do veer off of the topic and have a personal conversation while commenting on a debate.  Then, one is stuck thinking they are writing to one individual avatar, when in fact, that avatar is one of many for some individuals.  Choosing to have multiple avatars demonstrates someone who is a coward and who does not want to take responsibility for something offensive that they have said.  I do recognize that it takes all types of people to make this world an interesting place, but tricking other seems rather underhanded to me.  (I realize that many of the multiple avatars are easily traced to the same individual, but some are not.)