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I don't mind meaningful debate. But what you are tired of isn't debating, it's shouting matches in which neither side ever listens to each other, they just yell and yell and yell until they feel they've made their point, and move on to find something else to yell about.
Yes I am sick of all the shouting. But I'll never tire of meaningful, useful, open dialogue, heated though it may be.
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quote:Originally posted by Lyrhawn: I don't mind meaningful debate. But what you are tired of isn't debating, it's shouting matches in which neither side ever listens to each other, they just yell and yell and yell until they feel they've made their point, and move on to find something else to yell about.
Yes I am sick of all the shouting. But I'll never tire of meaningful, useful, open dialogue, heated though it may be.
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What, you don't like forums where two or three people screech at each other until everyone else abandons the thread, and then the remaining people act as though everyone else agrees with them?
There are certainly issues worth fighting for. But given that we are an internet discussion forum and not, say, the House of Representatives or House of Commons or the U.N., a willingness to state our best case, respect the other guy's best case, and back off would probably not be the worst idea.
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Usually I'd have something important to say on the matter. But the intial question reminded me of how tired I really am. And it makes me mad that I haven't been getting sleep. Stupid Marching Band!!!!!!!!!
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I am loathe to ever hear anyone insult Marching Band in my presence!!!
Do you march competitively? What instrument do you play? What's the music for your show if you have one?
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I'm mainly just tired of people giving up on debates, as if The Answer should either be determinable in a couple pages of HTML or given up as hopeless. If it were all that easy, all the answers would have already been figured out - and life would be dull.
In fact, knowledge seems far less enlightening than the search for knowledge. I don't think wise people are wise because they know answers - they are wise because they ask lots of questions. I know plenty of people with answers, and they aren't usually all that impressive. But people who ask questions and never give up the debate - I admire them.
For this reason, it is disheartening whenever someone "agrees to disagree".
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quote:But what you are tired of isn't debating, it's shouting matches in which neither side ever listens to each other, they just yell and yell and yell until they feel they've made their point, and move on to find something else to yell about.
I've got this great "mute" button on my keyboard, plus there's a "Go" icon at the bottom of the forum. Between these two buttons, I get to pick and choose my dramas.
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