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Spheniscidae
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Posted: 20 Jun 2015 at 07:30 |
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how is this thread even going on?
ok, this game is dead. all that remains are walls of text.
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ajqtrz
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Posted: 20 Jun 2015 at 21:59 |
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Hmmmm.....please do define "courtesy" since, for the most part I find myself quite courteous. But perhaps I am wrong? Do lay out what comments I've expressed in a discourteous manner and I'll quickly and humbly apologize. As for "snide comments," I suspect that sometimes I do move in that direction. If so, do also point them out and we'll all be better able to remove them from our lexicon of debating styles. On the other hand, I also know that sometimes what I write only sounds snide because people assume I don't believe it. Sarcasm is often mistaken for truth but just as often a statement of truth is assumed to be nothing more than sarcasm. And to clarify, statements about my intelligence, wordiness, motivations, qualifications, hypocracy, etc....are ad hominem remarks as they are "to the man" rather than to the question at hand. If I have attacked somebody in that manner then I was wrong. Do let me know of those failings as well. Wouldn't want to set a bad example. As for extending courtesy, it is quite easy to do to even those who engage in ad hominem remarks. I do it all the time. And finally, when you say that I "accuse them of intellectual laziness or blindly supporting the status quo," I can only ask two things: are they intellectually lazy supporting the status quo?" And, where, exactly did I say they are "intellectually lazy?" I may have suggested a certain line of reasoning suggests that as a cause of the conclusion, but I don't remember having said anybody was actually "intellectually lazy" even I may have thought they were. If I did, I am sorry. It will not happen again. And thank you for your comments, they were most "incite-full." AJ Edited by ajqtrz - 20 Jun 2015 at 22:05 |
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Posted: 20 Jun 2015 at 22:02 |
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o While it is true that there is a lot of verbiage here, much of it my own, it does not mean that it's a bad thing. Sometimes ideas take a while to "flesh out" and explore and words are how we do it. Sometimes, if the ideas are complex and the debaters passionate, it takes a lot of words. Nevertheless, I have learned an awful lot from all the verbiage and appreciate each and every poster, no matter how difficult the writing or questionable the comments. I even appreciate your comments! AJ |
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