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I agree that simply attacking or criticising one side of an argument without a suggested alternative is not always a good idea.
However, sometimes it is worth to simply stand back and question things. You may not have an answer, but that shouldn't stop you from asking the hard questions.
Is what we are doing right?
Is there a better way?
How can we improve things?
Why did we do this in the first place?
Has this solved the problem?
Has this created even more problems?
You get the idea. Debate is good. In his Apologia Plato has Aristotle say "A life unexamined is not worth living." In other words, we should always question what we are doing, even if we don't have the answers.
Having said all that, it sounds like this guy was just being an asshole and trying to argue for argument's sake. Just trying to push buttons.
So, debate and questioning is good. Being a twat is not. :-)
Mr Mephisto
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