Staredit Network

Staredit Network -> Serious Discussion -> Leave Your Ego at the Door.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Mini Moose 2707 on 2005-08-09 at 13:40:52
I'm just writing this post to set some things straight.

#1 -- You are not always right. You would expect most people to know this. Yes, sometimes you are right. Sometimes you are not. While you may Almighty Lord Poster ID #314159, this doesn't give your opinions any more validity or justification than anyone else's. It doesn't take much to insist that you are right, but it takes a lot of heart to admit you are wrong. So, please don't be stubborn, we all make mistakes sometimes.

#2 -- Correcting. Have you ever corrected someone and insulted them while doing it? Probably, even I have. Did anyone you've corrected ever say "Wow, thank you $poster for showing me how wrong I was! I sure am a $posted_insult like you said!"? Even if they don't say that, have they ever learned and changed their ways? I seriously doubt it. Verbally punching someone in the face isn't going to make them learn anything, its going to make them hit you back.

#3 -- Opinion vs Fact. Be careful of how you say things. "White is orange" vs "I think that white is orange" have two different meanings. The first one is stated as FACT - something true or believed to be true, with ample evidence. The second one is an OPINION - something that may or may not be true, but which you hold as truth.

.: Links on Debating/Logical Fallacy
http://jerz.setonhill.edu/writing/argument/building.html
http://www.ramdac.org/fallacies.php
http://www.infidels.org/news/atheism/logic.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_fallacy
http://www.intrepidsoftware.com/fallacy/toc.php
http://www.csun.edu/~dgw61315/fallacies.html
http://www.fallacyfiles.org/
Next Page (1)