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To: NAG1 who wrote (90251)	10/16/2008 9:40:24 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) of 541836

Unless you are engaged in a factual argument (which most of us are not) defending your argument really is about competing values more than facts- and I don't think arguing with someone about competing values ever adds anything to either side of the debate, in terms of making anyone find the "weak" points of their argument. In fact, what I think it does is cause people to reactively retrench to the most hard line position, so instead of leaving out those areas where there might be compromise and agreement, people withdraw to a kind of super political center- because debate seems to equal "attack". Everything is misconstrued, and everything is taken to its illogical extreme- even with Tim and Moose. I see zero benefit in that, and I've watched it go on for years. If you want to learn about the other side, in an efficient way, you go read articles written by people who aren't in your face, and whose credentials you can check. That, imo, is the way to learn about the other side. To strengthen your own arguments you need to check your facts. I've never seen running them by a hostile third party do much good- although it does harden one to insults. So we'll disagree on this one.

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