Use A Debate Tactic Against Itself

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Khoth Post Navel Trauma ^_^ Member # 67	written Monday, June 19 2006 11:13 Profile Homepage #25 Millions of people die of preventable problems every year. We should be out there helping them instead of making pointless emotional appeals that won't change anything. -------------------- Barcoorah: I even did it to a big dorset ram. desperance.net - Don't follow this link Posts: 1798 \| Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
Zeviz Nuke and Pave Member # 24	written Monday, June 19 2006 11:58 Profile Homepage #26 My fellow members, I hope all of us are aware of the danger presented by populist appeals used by unscrupulous leaders to enflame the masses. These appeals often lead to restrictions on our rights and liberties as members of these forums and the society at large. I encourage all of you to join me in protecting our freedoms against such dangerous tactics. Let’s all work together to stop these populist appeals and other attacks on our free speech. [ Monday, June 19, 2006 11:59: Message edited by: Zeviz ] -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 \| Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Or else o'erleap. Law Bringer Member # 335	written Monday, June 19 2006 13:41 Profile Homepage #27 I'll give you five dollars if you stop posting, okay? —Alorael, who may have to switch to a career in politics? Posts: 14579 \| Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Garrison Agent Member # 2820	written Monday, June 19 2006 15:12 Profile #28 Maybe I am missing the point here, but I do not consider Hawking's comment about Nazi references a slippery slope argument. To me, what he is saying is awfully true; when people want to exaggerate, they go for the Hitler card. But that is not what peaks my curiosity at the moment. Are the basic fallacies of logic and debate taught to most people who take a standard high school and college path without joining a debate team? Or does the topic just attract the elitists and the oratoricallly curious? -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 \| Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00
Ash Lael E Equals MC What!!!! Member # 5491	written Monday, June 19 2006 15:27 Profile Homepage #29 quote: Originally written by Khoth: Millions of people die of preventable problems every year. We should be out there helping them instead of making pointless emotional appeals that won't change anything. That's beautiful. :) SoT's was great as well. -------------------- SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice. Posts: 1861 \| Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Monday, June 19 2006 16:34 Profile Homepage #30 quote: Originally written by Garrison: But that is not what peaks my curiosity at the moment. Are the basic fallacies of logic and debate taught to most people who take a standard high school and college path without joining a debate team? Or does the topic just attract the elitists and the oratoricallly curious? Those, and practically anyone on discussion boards. Whenever you are in a serious debate on the internet, you can expect to have fallacy accusations thrown at you as if you were talking to philosophers. :P That said, I did get basics of logic in high school, in a required subject ("Theory of Knowledge"). -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
WiKiSpidweb Infiltrator Member # 3441	written Monday, June 19 2006 17:41 Profile Homepage #31 I learned them in my mandatory college speech course, Intro to Technical Presentations. -------------------- "As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it." --Albert Einstein -------------------- Posts: 536 \| Registered: Sunday, September 7 2003 07:00
Dintiradan Guardian Member # 6670	written Monday, June 19 2006 19:05 Profile Homepage #32 By Garrison: quote: But that is not what peaks my curiosity at the moment. Are the basic fallacies of logic and debate taught to most people who take a standard high school and college path without joining a debate team? Or does the topic just attract the elitists and the oratoricallly curious? Why must you ask rhetorical questions? edit: cAPS. -------------------- IF I EVER BECOME AN EVIL OVERLORD: If one of my daughters actually manages to win the hero and openly defies me, I will congratulate her on her choice, declare a national holiday to celebrate the wedding, and proclaim the hero my heir. This will probably be enough to break up the relationship. If not, at least I am assured that no hero will attack my Legions of Terror when they are holding a parade in his honor. [ Monday, June 19, 2006 19:06: Message edited by: Dintiradan ] Posts: 1509 \| Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00
Garrison Agent Member # 2820	written Monday, June 19 2006 19:12 Profile #33 Ahh, what a wonderful thing it is, then, that many now know how to formally deconstruct others' arguments while offering no solutions themselves. I still feel the need to reiterate my point though: the Hitler card is too overused and it does preclude imagination and creativity. Too many amateur stories end with Nazis taking over the world. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 \| Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Monday, June 19 2006 19:32 Profile Homepage #34 Stop the violence, or I'll blow these boards to bits! -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Jumpin Salmon ? Man, ? Amazing Member # 5755	written Monday, June 19 2006 21:33 Profile #35 What specious lacks in taste, vacuous makes up for in volume. Protesting hippies of the 70's ushered in the new era of the lower class military. -------------------- quote: Originally written by Kelandon: Well, I'm at least pretty sure that Salmon is losing. Posts: 4114 \| Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00
Dallerdin with a custom moniker. Shock Trooper Member # 3898	written Monday, June 19 2006 22:04 Profile #36 -------------------- ~Note : The professional newbie's advice should not be taken seriously, or at all.~ L I N K A G E Posts: 364 \| Registered: Saturday, January 17 2004 08:00
saunders La Canaliste Member # 5563	written Tuesday, June 20 2006 02:50 Profile #37 Why oh why do people insist on posting in discussion topics in a way that adds nothing to the argument but simply boosts their post count? Why do they ask rhetorical questions which are fundamentally empty and almost invariably ultimately missplet? -------------------- I am a mater of time and how . Deep down, you know you should have voted for Alcritas! Posts: 387 \| Registered: Tuesday, March 1 2005 08:00
moonear Infiltrator Member # 5410	written Tuesday, June 20 2006 09:06 Profile #38 because (a) THEY think it does (b) THEY want/need to add to their post count and so look for oppportunities to do so (c) THEY don't reflect on their argument but instead create an immediate response to something they just read (d) THEY are looking to clarify a point not just expand on it (e) many other plausible reasons exist. Rhetorical questions often invite debate on a topic. Nature of the beast (internet contact for clarification) -------------------- "Dikiyoba ... is demon ... drives people mad and ... do all sorts of strange things." "You Spiderwebbians are mad, mad, mad as March hares." Posts: 687 \| Registered: Wednesday, January 19 2005 08:00
Garrison Agent Member # 2820	written Tuesday, June 20 2006 11:10 Profile #39 Sometimes a discussion slows to stagnation without the addition of newcomers, however irrelevant their actual input might be. They help spur the topic, often in new directions. The trick is not merely to be able to add ultimately meaningless drivel to a discussion, but rather to do so in a way that disguises the palaver as something useful and profound. QED. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 \| Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00
The Immortal BANNED Member # 4	written Tuesday, June 20 2006 17:00 Profile Homepage #40 I may burn Jews in an oven, but you are a Nazi. -------------------- * Posts: 6936 \| Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00
Robinator is a Beefcake Lifecrafter Member # 34	written Tuesday, June 20 2006 19:09 Profile Homepage #41 Question: How many TM's does it take to change a light bulb? Answer: One, becuase there only IS one, you corpulent optimist. :) [ Tuesday, June 20, 2006 19:09: Message edited by: Robinator, #034 ] -------------------- Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck. 'Spiderweb Software' anagrammmed: 'Word-bereft Awipe' Posts: 702 \| Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00**