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I wait for a weak poster that knows nothing of the subject, and then i support their stuff with random info that has nothing to do with the matter at hand. Then I regulate everyones agruement so that it doesn't get angry.

sebster wrote:
Oh, absolutely. The politician will only play to the crowd, and the crowd is stupid. My question is why is the crowd so stupid, when it's proven itself so capable in so many other ways. How can a society with the intellect to build skyscrapers and jetplanes still have a significant portion of its population believing in the Laffer Curve.

My suggestion is that if the aircraft designer was intellectually very lazy and accepted some stupid idea about aerodynamics, his planes would fall out of the sky and he'd get fired, or possibly jailed. But he can believe in the Laffer Curve all day long and nothing bad will happen to him. So he suddenly becomes content to believe things that are nice to believe, instead of believing things that are actually true.

Yeah, that makes sense.

I approach debate like I approach any lady: whiskey in one hand, hope in the other, and robe left casually open...

I saw the OP, and read the rest of the thread.

Whilst I agree that 'head in sand' attitudes are annoying to those who know the difference.....

Pontification, intellectual snipes and general insults regarding 'knowledge' are generally seen as a negative way to address the point in question.

Call it what you will, ignorance, stupidity or downright obstinance - is only fueled further when people come off as 'the high hat'.

And I will swear black and blue, red and white, that up is down and down is up - when someone acts like an asshat when trying to 'correct' me. I just love frustrating superior @sshats.

*Edit - I love your post Ahtman

That's a good point.

People will often rather maintain their pride than be corrected on an issue.

Y'know, normally I read a whole thread and try to make insightful comments if indeed I have anything to say at all; but in light of all the vodka and rum, I'll just be honest - Internet debates are easy, because I'm always right. I know life is harder for everyone else, who, by nature aren't always right, but it's hard to sympathize what with me being always right, all the time.

Absolutely KillK. And let's face it - when most of us in real life are told what to do by someone 90% of the time - whether it be the Bank (Pay your Mortgage-Consumer Scum!!!) or your mate (Let's go out for a beer - you can call in sick tomorrow (veeeery Aus a'tude BTW ) or the GF - "If you keep painting that you don't really love me -(yes - I have had that thrown @ me ).

Or your Boss, or whomever...

People(when they can ) - rail against authority, whether it be correct or not - for the simple fact - yet more authority....

And lets face it. There are two Authorities in this world....Queen Connie......And Wiener Dogs.

That makes me, and most other people, KBTG - or loosely translated - Key Board Tough Guys.

So fist up, but be prepared for the odd crotch punch, or head butt - or even the possibility of being ignored, based on your 'net presence'.

These are the realities of being the KBTG - every person online has one(Pad users excused ).


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Oh, and for Bromsy - sigged.

Exalt +1

I just lurk and stay out of it. Learnt my lessons long ago, not worth the greif.

You can't reason someone out of a position that they didn't reason themselves into. shrugshrug

Ahtman wrote:I approach debate like I approach any lady: whiskey in one hand, hope in the other, and robe left casually open...

Try to keep it under a few paragraphs. The multi quote epic posts I see give me a headache. I have a 5 minute rule, and I dont like to break it. I mean, if i spend half an hour on one post... I coulda been playing wow, you know.. doing something productive!

Kilkrazy wrote:That's a good point.

People will often rather maintain their pride than be corrected on an issue.

This is the internet... what pride are you talking about?

The pride they've got even though they are anonymous, faceless, typing at the end of a broadband line.

The whole point is that it's not logical.