pan6467

I do so to get my ideas across (hopefully in a sane way.... sometimes I succeed sometimes I sound blithering.... course so do a lot of others so i am in good company).

I am not really trying to convince the other side my side is right, just that perhaps there is merit to my side and that there maybe a compromise. I do try to convince fencesitters with my side, as does the other side.

I also come to learn and see what the other side offers. There are some great posters who do promote thought and make me question my positions (as I hope at times I do them).

I do not come to try to prove my side better, but only show the reasoning I have for my views. (This is the hard one because sometimes emotions can run high and being passionate it then becomes a pissing war.... again many here are guilty of that).

Overall we have a great board and some truly intelligent, well informed posters on both sides. The tempo here has changed a lot, there isn't as much sarcasm and hate but far more respect being shown and the exchange of ideas and views. And is that truly not the purpose of true debate, to exchange ideas and work to better society through understanding and compromise.....

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I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"