4/21/2005 08:24:00 AM|||Joe|||I came across this the other day. It's a good list of bad things people do in discussions & arguments.
I know I'm guilty of some of them. Specifically:- "We need to define just exactly what you mean by _________."
- "So you think we ought to just throw out the whole system, then?"
- "How is that different from classic fascism?"
- "Why, that's Calvinism!"
What I really hate is what the page calls "Question As Opportunity". Politicians do this all the time and it drives me nuts. The 2004 presidential and vice-presidential debates were full of them. It certainly undermines the ostensible purpose of the debates.|||111409816722091546|||Conversational Terrorism4/22/2005 03:39:00 PM||| cczernia|||Holy crap. It's like having a conversation with Ed.
cczernia|||Holy crap. It's like having a conversation with Ed.