10-03-2003 02:28									#121
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quote: Originally posted by obiwan18 What else can you do if the same one point keeps getting challenged, by the exact same argument?

I thought he just ignored inconvenient points instead of doing that.

	10-03-2003 02:30									#122
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True Obiwan - the same goes if you ask a question that is never answered by your opponent. Then again it may be a really hard question that you yourself can't answer, but that doesn't stop you asking them it.

Here's one of Drake T's: "The take-everything-your-opponent-says-as-a-serious-and-sober-assertion-of-or-argument-for-their-actual-belief strategy"

Witness his response to my sarcastic appraisal of Fox News. I hate Fox news, but I obviously have other reasons than the hypothetical drugged derangement of its fans to go on.

	10-03-2003 02:36									#123
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Let's not make this a name calling thread...

	10-03-2003 02:44									#124
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Sorry Ming. How about a "sarcasm" or "whimsical" emoticon that can be appended to any post implying a joke or ironic statement? I'd append these to the majority of my posts, especially on this thread.

Anyway, I reserve name calling solely for Berzerker because he so evidently deserves it, the cad.

	10-03-2003 03:17									#125
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Ming, I wanted to clear up my opinions about people whose names were called in relation to an accusation of anti-semitism.

i think that this would infact clear up alot of name calling, instead of making accusations.

if this does not go with your policy - erase this.

quote: Comrade Tribune? MOBIUS?

CT is a very very erm... lost person.

I've actually begun realizing MOBIUS lately, and his latest posts impressed me.

quote: A certain gnu, maybe? Or a Greek with a three-letter username?

the three letter greek is just anarcho-commie.

quote: Albert Speer

from talks in pm, i got the impression he's just pro-pal.

	10-03-2003 03:19									#126
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quote: Here's one of Drake T's: "The take-everything-your-opponent-says-as-a-serious-and-sober-assertion-of-or-argument-for-their-actual-belief strategy" Witness his response to my sarcastic appraisal of Fox News. I hate Fox news, but I obviously have other reasons than the hypothetical drugged derangement of its fans to go on.

I apologize for my behavior, Agathon. I just have a lot of trouble telling the difference between the absurd statements you really believe and the absurd statements you say jokingly. My bad...

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quote: I thought he just ignored inconvenient points instead of doing that.

DD:

I just offered an explanation of why people seem to repeat their statements to UR.

Ming:

I'll stop now.

	10-03-2003 03:53									#128
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quote: Originally posted by Drake Tungsten quote: Here's one of Drake T's: "The take-everything-your-opponent-says-as-a-serious-and-sober-assertion-of-or-argument-for-their-actual-belief strategy" Witness his response to my sarcastic appraisal of Fox News. I hate Fox news, but I obviously have other reasons than the hypothetical drugged derangement of its fans to go on. I apologize for my behavior, Agathon. I just have a lot of trouble telling the difference between the absurd statements you really believe and the absurd statements you say jokingly. My bad...

Who said Americans were just a pack of ill-bred rednecks with no manners?

	10-03-2003 04:17									#129
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quote: Originally posted by Agathon Who said Americans were just a pack of ill-bred rednecks with no manners?

Besides you?

	10-03-2003 04:22									#130
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Some people are look for a restriction I see...

Enough...

	10-03-2003 04:41									#131
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What a thread, Monkspider, Loinburger and Japher nearly made me bust my gut.

But I have another category, the small child strategy. No matter what your opponent claims, just keep asking "why" to everything. And I nominate Ramo, he drives me nuts when we get into guerilla warfare debates and he starts asking why to all my assertions.

	10-03-2003 04:57									#132
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What a bunch of crotch rockets.

	10-03-2003 05:01									#133
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Is that like a red rocket?

	10-03-2003 05:07									#134
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In a worse-case scenario, I guess it could be.

	10-03-2003 05:19									#135
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quote: Originally posted by SlowwHand In a worse-case scenario, I guess it could be.

	10-03-2003 05:39									#136
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	10-03-2003 05:57									#137
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Hehe, I'd say it was the worst case.

	10-03-2003 06:01									#138
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Oh, a Fez strategy we forgot: the corollary to the Nazi strategy. Call any left-winger who opposes you a Communist.

	10-03-2003 06:07									#139
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You didn't know? Fez had a change of heart.
He's a human shield.

	10-03-2003 06:09									#140
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quote: Originally posted by SlowwHand You didn't know? Fez had a change of heart. He's a human shield.

	10-03-2003 06:46									#141
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Agathon - the smily you're ooking for is the 'cute' smily, I believe!

	10-03-2003 06:58									#142
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hm... that link to the flame warriors site is ripe for one of them online quiz things.

	10-03-2003 09:57									#143
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quote: Originally posted by obiwan18 What else can you do if the same one point keeps getting challenged, by the exact same argument?

It takes two to play the game. If you don't keep raising the same points, why would the same argument being used against them?

	10-03-2003 10:02									#144
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quote: Originally posted by Jaguar Warrior Oh, a Fez strategy we forgot: the corollary to the Nazi strategy. Call any left-winger who opposes you a Communist.

Calling people Nazis (or commies) is a no-no for online debates because of Godwin's Law. Whoever does that loses automatically.

	10-03-2003 10:03									#145
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quote: Originally posted by DinoDoc I thought he just ignored inconvenient points instead of doing that.

Projecting there, DD?

	10-03-2003 10:35									#146
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quote: Calling people Nazis (or commies) is a no-no for online debates because of Godwin's Law. Whoever does that loses automatically.

Like that stops anyone!

	10-03-2003 11:02									#147
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So I can call them CHUDS (cannabalisitc humanoid Underground denizens) and I have not lost?

What about calling them Pedophiliac necrophiliacs? Does that not invoke the law either?

	10-03-2003 11:04									#148
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui quote: Calling people Nazis (or commies) is a no-no for online debates because of Godwin's Law. Whoever does that loses automatically. Like that stops anyone!

fascist pig!

	10-03-2003 11:08									#149
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quote: But I have another category, the small child strategy. No matter what your opponent claims, just keep asking "why" to everything. And I nominate Ramo, he drives me nuts when we get into guerilla warfare debates and he starts asking why to all my assertions.

It's the natural defense to the BAM strategy.

	10-03-2003 12:04									#150
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GePap,

As far as I know, the law applies only to calling people Nazis (or commies), not when you hit them with random insults.

quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui quote: Calling people Nazis (or commies) is a no-no for online debates because of Godwin's Law. Whoever does that loses automatically. Like that stops anyone!

No, but you can then safely label them Ferrous Cranus