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Pastimes : THE SLIGHTLY MODERATED BOXING RING
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To: Poet who wrote (7291)4/5/2002 8:34:37 PM
From: Dayuhan  Read Replies (1) of 21057
 
Actually, this is an ongoing conversation amongst about fifteen or twenty people on the internet, not a boxing ring at all

Possibly, but the last time I looked it was called the Slightly Moderated Boxing Ring. Obviously we don't punch each other here, but the thread is specifically described in the header as a "free-for-all". That does suggest that the debates here have a fairly unrestrained quality to them.

Please give an example of how you see this occuring.

There seems to be a movement afoot to make ridicule an unacceptable tool of debate, and the definition of ridicule seems a bit encompassing to me. I think that if you see a point made that you think is ridiculous, and if you are prepared to back up that opinion with solid arguments, a certain amount of well-phrased ridicule is a perfectly legitimate device.
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