Comments on: Three Rules of Debate

By: John Scott

John Scott — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:03:16 +0000

If I were a better man, then I would indeed abide by that rule. But sometimes a debate begs for a rebuttal. Like in the case of racism. Many a racist is arrogant, unknowing of facts, and fails to qualify their statements. But to allow the racist debate to stand unquestioned would be wrong, no?

By: Qurat

Qurat — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 13:12:41 +0000

Nice read! But, what about making it habit (not a rule) not to argue/debate with one who really doesn’t know these rules?

By: John Scott

John Scott — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:19:23 +0000

Hiya Rank and Wes, I am so gald you both commented. Was worried nobody was reading this.

By: Rankenstein

Rankenstein — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:25:26 +0000

Quite so. Blurting out unverified ‘facts’ is one of the most common tactics of the ultimate loser of a debate - do it myself fairly often One thing I find myself doing sometimes is saying ’search engines’ do such-and-such when really I only mean ‘Google’, and vice versa. That kind of thing is also easy to do when posting in haste so always review what you’re saying.

By: Wes

Wes — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 04:04:10 +0000

Haha. I wish my parents had let me argue. Whatever though, I still did.

Nice read.

By: John Scott

John Scott — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:24:19 +0000

I have an idea why you laughed, but then I’m sure you do too.

By: Christy

Christy — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:17:35 +0000

“One of the first lessons I learned back then was that arrogance was a major pitfall.”

I’m not sure why, but I actually laughed out loud when I read that.