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Originally Posted by alansmithee
My whole point in the above was to show the rediculousness of trying to have meaningful discussion by using high-school debate tactics to rebut your opposition, especially when the very criticisms levelled against others can be levelled against you. I'm sure many of us here can name and recognize many logical fallacies, and those who can't could easily google them if they were interested. To attempt to pick apart another post while supposedly naming off said fallacies reeks of arrogance, and does little to encourage any meaningful debate. It's little better than picking apart the spelling and grammar of a post. And as far as I know, there is nobody here being graded on what they post, so there is no benefit gained by anyone outside of the pseudo-Socrates who feels the need to pick through posts in such a way.
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if i may ask, is what you're basically saying is "if there are logical fallicies in peoples posts, don't point them out to show how they are wrong, that's boring. using proper debate tactics is boring. calling us out on them is nothing but arrogent."
that's basically how your statement reads to me. it sounds like you're just rehashing the 'anti-intellectual' rhetoric that seems to prevail through the current conservative populace. which really doesn't make sense to me... after all, who is going to give you a more correct answer to why the sky is blue... someone with a phd in physics or a farmer who dropped out of school in the 8th grade? i'd say odds are on the phd.
/sorry for thread jack.