Despite his tendency towards mental masturbation I still come down somewhere near Gen on this issue. I think his attacks on people who don't line up with him immediately are cheap and cheesy--but part of the aforementioned masturbation.
The over reliance on science and logic and law show definite pollyanna-ish perspective. Look at human history, when have science, logic, and law ever overcome the othe things that motivate people? Government and religion maybe the two most egregious examples of science, logic, and law being thrown out the window in favor of greed, avarice, power-hunger, ethnocentrism, horniness, and all the other base emotional kinds of things that are the real drivers of our culture.
Pale the Punisher, was his great grandfather Vlad the Impaler?, they are both pretty pale. Well, anyway, the pale punisher is pushing an agenda that is so absolute that it leaves no place for real human beings and that's why he has to rely on PUNISHMENT and LAW. Caucesceu was the same kind of absolutist and he finally resorted to a mandatory death sentence for any woman who had an abortion, that's why the orphanages were overflowing when the people finally hacked him to death and set themselves free.
Following GenSeneca and his languishing train of thought processes around this topic has been the venture into the 'flip/flop' circus of the..."wait a minute he just changed his mind AGAIN!!!" Easily swayed my the power pusher of the likes of PALE...who boasts of being the 'MASTER DEBATOR' of the WORLD. And yet I'm curious as to why he's so focused on us mere mortals here at this community web sight...hmmm
Debating: Debate or
debating is a formal method of interactive and representational
argument. Debate is a broader form of argument than
logical argument, which only examine the consistency from
axiom, and factual argument, which only examine what is or isn't the case or rhetoric which is technique of persuasion. Though logical consistency, factual accuracy as well as some
emotional appeal to audience are important elements of the art of persuasion, in debating, one side often prevails over the other side by presenting superior "context" and/or framework of the issue, which is far more subtle and strategic.
Online debating
With the increasing popularity and availability of the
Internet, differing opinions arise frequently. Though they are often expressed via
flaming and other forms of argumentation, which consist primarily of assertions, there do exist formalized debating websites, typically in the form of online forums or bulletin boards. The debate style is interesting, as research and well thought out points and counterpoints are possible because of the obvious lack of time restraints (although practical time restraints usually are in effect, e.g., no more than 5 days between posts, etc.).Forums are Moderated and welcome online debaters
in a friendly format so all may speak their pros and cons. Many people use this to strengthen their points, or drop their weaker opinions on things, many times for debate in formal debates (such as the ones listed above) or for fun arguments with friends. The ease-of-use and friendly environments make new debaters welcome to
share their opinions in many communities.
He {Pale} seems to have forgotten the basic rules for
'NON COMPETITIVE DEBATING'...he rules supreme and only wants those who he can force feed his 'FACTUAL INFORMATION TOO' and then when they acquiesce to his 'superiority' they are the enlightened ones and he acknowledges their merit.
OH, HAIL TO YOU AND YOUR MASTER DEBATING ABILITY PALE...WE OF THE LESSOR THINKING HUMANS BOW DOWN TO YOU AND WISH YOU WELL!!!
