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Re: ScottFroth(tm) answered
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 10 Oct 2001 18:47:05 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Eaton writes:
> > The largest fault of Larry's is probably his occasionally quick-to-judge
> attitude towards points he feels he's already addressed. Sometimes Scott
> (for example) will have a perfectly valid point and Larry will gloss over it
> calling it a non-issue without giving it a 2nd thought. It doesn't happen
> often, but it happens.
I'd disagree on this one. I'd say his largest fault is his tendency to
attack a person's stature rather than defend his position or respond to
theirs. The title of this sub-thread is a case in point. He has done the
same to others and me.
> He's also got an ego. He treads on ground confident that he's done the best
> possible job of defending it that there can ever be, which often isn't the
> case. However, he does have reason to think so. As far as debating goes,
> there aren't many who can get Larry to the itchy point. Most of his
> convictions stand firm and can be well backed up.
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When he chooses to back them up. All too often he will make a claim and,
when asked to cite the source, say something to the effect of when he gets
around to it, he'll post a link to his source, if he has time. However, he
has no problem demanding that anyone else cite their source(s) and insisting
that they are wrong until they do. A clear double standard. In essence,
Larry, please review the "Golden Rule"
> And to all of you, re-examine your position when it's been challenged. The
> typical response to a challenge is to defend it all the more instead of
> re-examining it. You shouldn't need others to *force* you to that point,
> unless you actually can't do it yourself.
Great advice.
> Of course, this is all just me talking from the sidelines. I haven't read
> everything, and if I had, I'm sure I'd still have my own warped view of things.
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> $.02,
> DaveE
Raising the stakes to $.04.
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| (...) Ah-- a good summary point I'd missed. Perhaps a "Plays Well" category in which Larry gets a rather low score. Each, actually, but perhaps moreso Larry as he's often been the one to bring issues like this into the limelight as actual topics of (...) (23 years ago, 10-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I doubt most o-t-debators would choose seriously from any of the above options other than the 3rd, though maybe that's just me. I can't see actually wanting to ban either of you based on your previous content. A poll to the first set of (...) (23 years ago, 10-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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