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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: ManyMoose who wrote (100578)4/7/2005 10:58:40 AM
From: cosmicforce  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
<When people are presented with a cogent argument that opposes their own view, they tend to retreat in one of two ways: they get rude, which I agree is regrettable, or they just refuse to discuss the subject as if their own view is the only possible correct one. >

There is another possibility. It is like a draw in chess where neither player can make a move without violating a rule of the game. That doesn't mean anyone is losing it means that the debate can't proceed.

In political or emotional topics, it frequently roots back to basic assumptions, first principles, which are unprovable assumptions. Religion is a good example.
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