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Re: A summation? (was Re: Gun debate (was Re: New Web Page
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Thu, 20 May 1999 14:28:25 GMT
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Duane Hess wrote:
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> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
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> <Snipped a bunch of stuff>
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> Larry, you are correct in saying that very few opinions will be changed
> as a result of the debating that is currently raging withing this group.
> The reason that I debate isn't that I am interested in converting other
> people over to my way of thinking so much as it is a way for me to defend
> my views when they are challenged. It is a way for me to validate (at least
> to myself) those stances which I have taken and believe in. I feel that I
> learn more about myself through the course of these discussions than I learn
> about the sparring partner.
Ya, me too.
A debate is different than an argument! In formal debating the goal is
to convince the bystanders, not the other side. So I was wrong in
stating that nothing was being accomplished.
But this one seemed to be spinning down into restatements with no new
understanding being generated, though, and no opportunity for bystander
conversions. And, I just can't help myself, I do like to pontificate
even when it involves taking potshots at myself.
--
Larry Pieniazek http://my.voyager.net/lar
FDIC Know your Customer is wounded, thanks to you, but not dead...
See http://www.defendyourprivacy.com for details
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- Posting Binaries to RTL causes flamage... Don't do it, please.
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