Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Bogus debate tactics

[Stephen Montgomery-Smith <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

McNutt, Justin M. wrote:

> ...and that used to happen to me, until I realized that NOT getting
> personal and NOT using bullshit debate tactics doesn't mean that one of
> us is going to have to "lose".  I have found that, after a very long,
> dignified, cordial, and detailed discussion that two sane, POLITE people
> can still draw different conclusions.  You friend needs to learn to
> stand his intellectual ground without making it personal.  Capitulating
> too easily is the opposite extreme of the same problem.
>
> Keep in mind, I never said that Mike isn't intelligent.  If you choose
> to wade through his nonsense, sometimes he makes some good points, and
> just because he's an ass doesn't make him wrong.  I have just found that
> my life is a lot easier and less stressful if I ignore him.  If that
> comes at the price of having to wait a little longer until someone more
> polite can make the same point, well I can live with that.  I don't need
> the stress of putting up with his crap.  I don't watch Fox News for the
> same reason.  I don't care how many gold doubloons are in there.  I'm
> not wading through two tons of shit to get them.  It's not worth it.
>
> It's not his point of view, it's his delivery.


Well, you have a point.  I must admit that I have got to the point of 
not debating Mike on many issues, for exactly the reasons you cite.  But 
I still debate him on some issues, because I guess I really do think it 
is worth wading through the ****.

(Apologies to Mike for my oblique insults! :-) )

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