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Originally Posted by Supple Cow
I think the most valuable part of this experiment was that you were both forced to address all of the issues that had previously been mentioned. This kind of civility and reasonable progression of ideas would be possible in the other threads if everybody would read the entire thread before posting and address the topic in its latest incarnation. I can't even count how many times I've seen somebody say something very reasonable and relevant to a thread only to have it ignored in most of the posts to follow (notably including posters from earlier in the thread who stand to benefit most from taking the new ideas into account).
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There certainly are a lot of advantages to having a structured debate instead of the somewhat free-for-all approach that other threads have. I especially like the fact that this debate remained so focused and civil. We stayed precisely on topic without attacking each other's character or resorting to inflamatory language.
I hope to see other posters taking the initiative and starting similar debates on other subjects. And if anyone is interested in debating me on another issue, PM me and we'll discuss it.
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The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more than those who hold it. If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the opportunity of exchanging error for truth: if wrong, they lose, what is almost as great a benefit, the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth, produced by its collision with error. ~John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
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