stclare
Moderator & Mckay Super Fan
Are you calling me foolish, or my ideas?
Well you appear to be strangling yourself in your avatar
Are you calling me foolish, or my ideas?
Well you appear to be strangling yourself in your avatar
Not really dude. Pick any "hot button" topic (religion, politics, death penalty, abortion and so on) and you can find debate on the issue if you want to, you will also find however "mud slinging" matches as well. One is constructive (debate), one is not (mud slinging). Now, do they frequently meet each other, sure, is it nessesary, no.To call something a foolish notion is to say the person holding that notion is foolish also because obviously they believe that notion to begin with. Why would someone take less offense at having their notion called stupid verses having themselves called foolish? It's essentially the same thing.
shavedape said:I agree whole heartedly with how you added "...and here's why" to your examples. That aspect of the discussion is more important than worrying about calling someone foolish verses calling their idea foolish. Chances are if they can't defend their position they're going to take offense no matter what terminology you use.
Not really dude. Pick any "hot button" topic (religion, politics, death penalty, abortion and so on) and you can find debate on the issue if you want to, you will also find however "mud slinging" matches as well. One is constructive (debate), one is not (mud slinging). Now, do they frequently meet each other, sure, is it nessesary, no.
I disagree. I think it has everything to do with the mindset of how you go into the debate. If you go in to discuss the issue and learn from the process, then you can truly have a debate. If your only goal is to prove you are correct, no matter what, then yes, you can have a debate, but the chances of it turning into a "flamefest" increase in proportion to how "passionate" about the issue you are.
There are ways to be more offensive without resorting to flammatory remarks. Usually, to me, when people start using flammatory language/debasing, I think that hurts their argument because if their argument is strong, there would be no reason for flaming. Sorta undermines their argument, to me at least.
I'd say you "misposted"Are you calling me foolish, or my ideas?
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