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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (70965)	2/2/2003 3:13:56 PM
From: FaultLine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Hello Hawkmoon; You know my style.. I've MORE THAN WILLING to have my logic called into question. I'm ALWAYS willing to have others tell me where the flaws in my logic lie. Because that's how we learn from one another. That's what separates "discussion" from propaganda, learning from rambling, discourse from diatribe. Yes, the direct method can be effective in many situations. Logic has to have some place in this discussion.. And flawed logic and facts have to be called into question, analyzed, and then re-analyzed in order to discern truth. Facts, and their respective weighting, can be mighty scarce. We are more often dealing with probability and opinion -- and never forget that a false premise implies anything (without regard to your political stripe). And besides, shouldn't they be "grateful" that I was willing to question their logic, Certainly. if not motive?? Not by any stretch of the imagination -- 100% incorrect. We have a profound difference here. Shouldn't they be "grateful" for my even granting them sufficient time in my day that I elected to respond to them?? Some are some aren't (I'm saying they should), but they should also always keep any negative opinions of you personally to themselves. Now unless I'm not able to read, you haven't suddenly renamed this thread the "Foreign Affairs Diatribe Group", have you?? I try to make this a ZFZ (Zealot Free Zone). On the other hand, when you demand that people answer to your questions, and then when they decline, for any number of a thousand reasons none of which are any of your business, in no way does this permit you to denigrate them at any level. After all, this is not the "Foreign Affairs Bullying Thread" either. I believe this has become the primary bone of contention between you and I for some time now. Regards, --fl