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quality of discussion goes down

Posted by: Ted ( T R U, Madison, WI, USA ) on September 11, 1997 at 11:52:02:

In Reply to: Let's take a poll posted by Samuel Day Fassbinder on September 10, 1997 at 16:16:28:

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: : Sam....you aren't getting angry are you. And, friends, have a read at some of sammy's other posts....I am sure that your assumptions about what you consider repulsive are quite clear....

: Here's an assignment, Kevin. Compile a list. Display it on the Debating Room. Now make a list of some of my positive ideas. Display that on the Debating Room.

: :as to my inept ability to see into the depths and souls of you through your mail, must simply be another function of intuition....

: Let's take a poll, Debating Room participants. How many people think Kevin is making good on his claims to know his interlocutors? What are your reasons for thinking so? How many people think Kevin is just making a fool of himself? What are your reasons for thinking so?

Yes, Kevin is making a fool of himself, but I wonder if the rest of us
are doing the same thing by continuing to respond to him. As McSpotlight correctly points out, this is not debate. The quality of
discussion goes down when we allow ourselves to be baited by anyone,
regardless of his/her position on capitalism. Personal attacks are
not arguments. Therefore, I suggest that all debaters refrain from
engaging Kevin, unless he and we can stick to the topic at hand.


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