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I just tend to agree MikeH
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Which comes as NO surpriseOriginally posted by bfg9000
It's funny how many people who have posted in this thread claiming themselves as argument winners are people who are not concerned with being objective and who concede nothing in arguments even after they are clearly proved wrong...
Keep on Civin'
RIP rah, Tony Bogey & Baron OComment
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Originally posted by bfg9000
It's funny how many people who have posted in this thread claiming themselves as argument winners are people who are not concerned with being objective and who concede nothing in arguments even after they are clearly proved wrong... 
I am clearly not like this. I would concede when I'm wrong, but I'm never wrong.
To us, it is the BEAST.Comment
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Whichever side has me on it wins, by definition.
Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?
It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
The Nedaverse I can accept, but not the Berzaverse. There can only be so many alternate realities. -- ElokComment
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Originally posted by Asher
For example, an independent, established research company is more authoritative than a LinuxWorld editorial.
(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."Comment
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Which would only be valid if what you just said is true, which it patently is not.Originally posted by Urban Ranger
Not if the issue in question is about operating systems, given the said research company does most of its reseach is in market trends."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "Comment
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I DanS'ed you.(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."Comment
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See, another victory for my side.
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "Comment
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actually, this poll question is bunk... we don't have "VERBAL" arguments on poly... unless you scream at your monitor as you read the threads.To us, it is the BEAST.Comment
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Well, I often laugh at my monitor; When I'm syaing ROFL, or use several laughing smileys, you can trust I just loudly laughed in front of my computerOriginally posted by Sava
actually, this poll question is bunk... we don't have "VERBAL" arguments on poly... unless you scream at your monitor as you read the threads.
"I have been reading up on the universe and have come to the conclusion that the universe is a good thing." -- Dissident
"I never had the need to have a boner." -- Dissident
"I have never cut off my penis when I was upset over a girl." -- DisComment
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I've had a debate like this with Kucidude a few days ago, and he actually argued that a proposition that violates one or more axioms in its system was not contradictory.Originally posted by Agathon
If only more debates were conceptual. The only problem with that is that if you start debating that way, people try to use empirical claims to refute it.
In Soviet Russia, Fake borises YOU.Comment
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Actually, I had once a purely theoretical discussion with Kuci (as we exposed our ideal socio-economic models), and it was an interesting discussion, even though it didn't change our minds one notch."I have been reading up on the universe and have come to the conclusion that the universe is a good thing." -- Dissident
"I never had the need to have a boner." -- Dissident
"I have never cut off my penis when I was upset over a girl." -- DisComment
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If it doesn't degenerate into a slanging match then the participants just aren't putting enough effort into it.The genesis of the "evil Finn" concept- Evil, evil FinlandComment
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Whoever's arguing against youOriginally posted by Urban Ranger
Win? How is it measured?
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