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Originally written by Protocols of the Elders of Zion:

The most active topic on Desp is a roundtable on morality, theology, and ethics.[/URL] By contrast, the most active topics on Spiderweb are this and Episode 3 and the most active topics on Polaris are about old members, those welcoming them back, and those wishing them a happy birthday.

Tu quoque only even vaguely works when tu is quoque, Zeviz. :P

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Maybe if a character in Diki's story started writing poetry? Would you then see Alec's point?

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Only if it was slith poetry.

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A slith character, writing poetry in nephilim (Vahnatai style).

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By Alec: You're one to talk about being 'sniped'. I've been banned. Where are your scars, little man?

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a spoiled, prissy child.

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Look, and this has been said already, if you want intelectual stuff, then post it. make a topic! The fact that nobody has done so, is for me proof that people don't need or want it, or just don't have the patience to deal with it (which I can fully understand).

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Namely, they frequently get reduced to dualistic categorization, which I despise. My comments usually attempt to point at values measured on some kind of continua.

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Again, probably. This is simply what I've seen from observing the boards. So again, I may be wrong. In fact, there's a good chance I'm wrong on this one. Take that as you will.

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Many people probably decide to post after smoking crack cocaine and injesting psylocibin mushrooms, following their 24 hour stint in the nearest strip club, both as an employee and patron, so they likely shouldn't be posting or discussing such matters anyway.

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you feel that it is a fair statement to make because I used the word "probably"???

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There isn't a rule stating that topics must be philosophical/scientific/etc. Frankly, if there was, I wouldn't post very often in the General Forum, and several others probably wouldn't either.

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Now, take a look at the more intelligent selection: Egg-laying, Saddam's Execution, American - Canadian Relationships, etc. Note that they have far shorter lifespans and have fewer regular participants. Sure, there's the occasional interjection by another member, but for the most part, it's just a small handful of members debating. Compare that to the larger numbers in the meta-post selection, and you can see where I drew those conclusions.

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You know, I often read those but rarely contribute. I've come to the conclusion that it's a lot of work to properly support arguments and I'm not that concerned with changing another's mind on the matter/showing where I stand.

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Thuryl: Was there any initiative to make many of these topics before this thread?

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Now, take a look at the more intelligent selection: Egg-laying,

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—Alorael, who isn't quite sure how Kel and Syn started picking fights with each other in serious threads. It's become quite a habit, though, and it's unfortunate.

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Originally written by Dikiyoba:

Anyway, just comparing two topics can let you draw just about any conclusion you want. I could compare the soda topic to a debate topic that took off like a rocket (Synergy's massive topic, for instance) and conclude that debates are much more interesting than simpler topics, but that wouldn't make it right.

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