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Originally Posted by shakran
I think that respect should be earned, however. If they're just cranking out dumbassed ideas, why should you have to respect those ideas?
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Maybe because at least one side in any conversation should be respectable? If you're both gibbering monkeys, there's nobody to respect. In a debate, there are other people watching, who are they going to see as rational? There are respectful ways to let someone know their ideas are poppycock. Minus the "dumb" statement, I think Mr. Sobchak had a very good answer for the statement he debated. ( and yes, this crap started decades before the most recent Bush, but that's another story )